A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Salvaleon de Higuey in Dominican Republic. Exact location, longitude -68.7526° West, latitude 18.6138° North, depth = 163 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 163 km (101 miles). Global time and date of event 27/07/16 / 2016-07-27 07:00:19 / July 27, 2016 @ 7:00 am UTC/GMT. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:00:19 / 3:00 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr16209001. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16209001.
Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 5 km (3 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 35 km (21 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sabana de La Mar, Los Llanos, El Valle.
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 four, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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