A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Otra Banda in Dominican Republic. The temblor was reported at 22:22:33 / 10:22 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/06/16 / 2016-06-20 02:22:33 / June 20, 2016 @ 2:22 am. Exact location of event, longitude -68.6064 West, latitude 18.9911 North, depth = 177 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 177 km (110 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr16172002. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16172002.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sabana de La Mar, El Valle, Samaná (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 38 km N of Otra Banda, Dominican Republic.
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