A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. Global time and date of event 19/07/15 / 2015-07-19 16:50:05 / July 19, 2015 @ 4:50 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -68.7608° West, latitude 19.2562° North, depth = 39 km. Unique identifier: pr15200021. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15200021. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:50:05 / 11:50 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 72 km (44 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaymate, Hato Mayor del Rey, El Valle. Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 42 km NE of Miches, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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