A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Santa Barbara de Samana in Dominican Republic. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 50 km (31 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/06/16 / 2016-06-18 15:53:18 / June 18, 2016 @ 3:53 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: pr16170004. Event ids that are associated: pr16170004. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:53:18 / 10:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -68.9001 West, latitude 19.7826 North, depth = 50 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Samaná (min 5000 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-eight 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 78 km NE of Santa Barbara de Samana, Dominican Republic.
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