A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Guaymate in Dominican Republic. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/07/16 / 2016-07-09 00:36:39 / July 9, 2016 @ 12:36 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -68.8683 West, latitude 18.638 North, depth = 157 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr16191000. Unique identifier: pr16191000. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 157 km (98 miles). The 3.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:36:39 / 8:36 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 49 km (31 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bayaguana, Samaná, Boca Chica (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-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. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 12 km ENE of Guaymate, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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