A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000ectr. Unique identifier: us1000ectr. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:32:57 / 4:32 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.7115 West, latitude 17.8125 North, depth = 5 km. Global time and date of event 26/05/18 / 2018-05-26 21:32:57 / May 26, 2018 @ 9:32 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Romana, San Rafael del Yuma. Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 63 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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