A minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. The temblor was picked up at 00:16:21 / 12:16 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr15218008. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15218008. Global time and date of event 06/08/15 / 2015-08-06 05:16:21 / August 6, 2015 @ 5:16 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -68.8565° West, latitude 19.3733° North, depth = 102 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 102 km (63 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Sánchez (c. 11 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaymate, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 47 km NNE of Miches, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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