A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 66 km (41 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/07/16 / 2016-07-23 15:09:43 / July 23, 2016 @ 3:09 pm. The temblor was picked up at 10:09:43 / 10:09 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr16205005. Unique identifier: pr16205005. Exact location, longitude -68.4291° West, latitude 19.4025° North, depth = 66 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Miches (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 79 km NE of Miches, Dominican Republic.
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