A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/10/15 / 2015-10-31 06:56:32 / October 31, 2015 @ 6:56 am. Exact location, longitude -68.692° West, latitude 19.455° North, depth = 35 km. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:56:32 / 1:56 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr15304005. Unique identifier: pr15304005.
Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Samaná, Miches.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. 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: 64 km NE of Miches, Dominican Republic.
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