A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Salvaleon de Higuey in Dominican Republic. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15210016. Id of event: pr15210016. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/07/15 / 2015-07-29 19:18:08 / July 29, 2015 @ 7:18 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.735 West, latitude 18.6515 North, depth = 182 km. The temblor was reported at 15:18:08 / 3:18 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 182 km (113 miles).
Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sabana de La Mar, Los Llanos, El Valle (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 5 km (3 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days fifty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 4 km NW of Salvaleon de Higuey, Dominican Republic.
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