A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Monday. Id of earthquake: pr2018183014. Event ids that are associated: pr2018183014. Exact location of event, depth 81 km, -68.3168° West, 18.0803° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/07/18 / 2018-07-02 22:47:49 / July 2, 2018 @ 10:47 pm. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:47:49 / 5:47 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 81 km (50 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Romana, Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey. Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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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