A minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. Exact location, longitude -68.6206° West, latitude 19.0798° North, depth = 29 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 29 km (18 miles). The temblor was reported at 19:12:49 / 7:12 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2017239020. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2017239020. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/08/17 / 2017-08-27 23:12:49 / August 27, 2017 @ 11:12 pm.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Samaná, Hato Mayor del Rey, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). The epicenter was 52 km (33 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 46 km ENE of Miches, Dominican Republic.
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