A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo in Dominican Republic on Sunday. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:00:37 / 2:00 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15312003. Id of event: pr15312003. Exact location of earthquake, -68.9325° West, 18.794° North, depth 100 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 100 km (62 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/11/15 / 2015-11-08 18:00:37 / November 8, 2015 @ 6:00 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Boca Chica, Bayaguana, Samaná (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 53 km (33 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km ENE of Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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