A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Salvaleon de Higuey in Dominican Republic. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15198032. Id of event: pr15198032. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 156 km (97 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/07/15 / 2015-07-17 16:56:02 / July 17, 2015 @ 4:56 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -68.7632° West, latitude 18.645° North, depth = 156 km. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:56:02 / 12:56 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sabana de La Mar, Los Llanos, El Valle (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 60 km (37 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 6 km WNW of Salvaleon de Higuey, Dominican Republic.
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