A minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. The 3.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:51:26 / 11:51 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 120 km (75 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 120 km, -68.9172° West, 18.381° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/01/17 / 2017-01-05 03:51:26 / January 5, 2017 @ 3:51 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: pr17005000. Unique identifier: pr17005000.
Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bayaguana, El Valle, Boca Chica (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-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.
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