A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo in Dominican Republic. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:20:32 / 4:20 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 50 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15319004. Id of event: pr15319004. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/11/15 / 2015-11-15 08:20:32 / November 15, 2015 @ 8:20 am. Exact location, longitude -68.8192° West, latitude 18.8745° North, depth = 50 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Los Llanos, Quisqueya, San Pedro de Macorís (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Close 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days two hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 26 km ENE of Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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