A minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 157 km (98 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: pr15335002. Event ids that are associated: pr15335002. Exact location of event, longitude -68.9694 West, latitude 18.2576 North, depth = 157 km. The temblor was detected at 04:22:12 / 4:22 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/12/15 / 2015-12-01 08:22:12 / December 1, 2015 @ 8:22 am.
Epicenter of the event was 41 km (26 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). 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 Miches, Boca Chica, Punta Cana.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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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: 18 km S of La Romana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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