A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.08 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Otra Banda in Dominican Republic. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/10/17 / 2017-10-03 09:45:54 / October 3, 2017 @ 9:45 am. Event id: pr2017276005. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2017276005. Exact location of event, longitude -68.5046 West, latitude 19.1138 North, depth = 7 km. The temblor was picked up at 04:45:54 / 4:45 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Rafael del Yuma, Guaymate, Santa Cruz de El Seibo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Event epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 53 km NNE of Otra Banda, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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