A minor earthquake magnitude 3.15 (ml/mb) strikes 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic on Monday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018008004. Id of event: pr2018008004. Exact location of event, longitude -68.7141 West, latitude 19.5556 North, depth = 26 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/01/18 / 2018-01-08 08:05:21 / January 8, 2018 @ 8:05 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26 km (16 miles). The temblor was detected at 03:05:21 / 3:05 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Samaná, Miches (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 72 km NNE of Miches, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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