A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.33 (ml/mb) was reported 154 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic (96 miles) on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/06/18 / 2018-06-06 09:47:26 / June 6, 2018 @ 9:47 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -68.2576 West, latitude 17.0261 North, depth = 33 km. The temblor was reported at 04:47:26 / 4:47 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018157008. Id of event: pr2018157008. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 33 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-five 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 154 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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