A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/08/15 / 2015-08-02 07:16:42 / August 2, 2015 @ 7:16 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15214003. Id of event: pr15214003. Exact location of event, longitude -68.8837 West, latitude 18.4018 North, depth = 160 km. The temblor was detected at 03:16:42 / 3:16 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 160 km (99 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was El Valle, Boca Chica, Los Llanos (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 44 km (27 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-two 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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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. 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: 9 km ESE of La Romana, Dominican Republic.
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