A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.6588 West, latitude 19.063 North, depth = 47 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018046002. Id of event: pr2018046002. The temblor was detected at 05:54:05 / 5:54 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 47 km (29 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/02/18 / 2018-02-15 09:54:05 / February 15, 2018 @ 9:54 am.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Romana, Sabana de La Mar, El Valle (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). The epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 41 km ENE of Miches, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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