A minor earthquake magnitude 3.37 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Santa Barbara de Samana in Dominican Republic. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/02/18 / 2018-02-25 06:27:51 / February 25, 2018 @ 6:27 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 01:27:51 / 1:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.8805 West, latitude 19.5505 North, depth = 37 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018056003. Id of event: pr2018056003. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 37 km (23 miles).
Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sabana de La Mar, Las Terrenas, Miches (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Las Terrenas (c. 7 700 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 61 km NE of Santa Barbara de Samana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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