A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Otra Banda in Dominican Republic on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.6771 West, latitude 18.9883 North, depth = 78 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 01:03:06 / December 9, 2016 @ 1:03 am. The temblor was picked up at 21:03:06 / 9:03 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pr16344003. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16344003. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 78 km (48 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sabana de La Mar, El Valle, Samaná (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-three 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.
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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: 37 km N of Otra Banda, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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