A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.32 (ml/mb) was reported 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Santa Barbara de Samana in Dominican Republic on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude -68.843 West, latitude 19.5733 North, depth = 33 km. The temblor was reported at 04:10:34 / 4:10 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 26/02/18 / 2018-02-26 09:10:34 / February 26, 2018 @ 9:10 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018057006. Id of event: pr2018057006. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 33 km (21 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (50 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Las Terrenas (c. 7 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sabana de La Mar, Las Terrenas, Miches (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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