A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma in Dominican Republic. Exact location of earthquake, -68.8089° West, 18.1837° North, depth 30 km. Id of earthquake: pr15318005. Event ids that are associated: pr15318005. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/11/15 / 2015-11-14 21:28:01 / November 14, 2015 @ 9:28 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 17:28:01 / 5:28 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 30 km (19 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hato Mayor del Rey, Quisqueya, Santa Cruz de El Seibo.
Every 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 30 km SSW of San Rafael del Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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