A minor earthquake magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Otra Banda in Dominican Republic. The 3.09-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:35:22 / 4:35 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/12/17 / 2017-12-28 09:35:22 / December 28, 2017 @ 9:35 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.484 West, latitude 19.1026 North, depth = 4 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2017362001. Unique identifier: pr2017362001. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4 km (2 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Yuma, Guaymate, Santa Cruz de El Seibo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 59 km (37 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 61 km (38 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 four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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