A minor earthquake magnitude 3.35 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Exact time and date of earthquake 31/12/18 / 2018-12-31 23:54:07 / December 31, 2018 @ 11:54 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018365018. Id of event: pr2018365018. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 72 km (45 miles). The 3.35-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:54:07 / 6:54 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -68.501° West, latitude 17.8803° North, depth = 72 km.
Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Cana, La Romana, San Rafael del Yuma. Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-six 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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