A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.14 (ml/mb) was reported 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/04/18 / 2018-04-30 10:46:33 / April 30, 2018 @ 10:46 am. Id of earthquake: pr2018120007. Event ids that are associated: pr2018120007. The 3.14-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:46:33 / 5:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -68.4846 West, latitude 19.3261 North, depth = 64 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 64 km (40 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Event epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Otra Banda, Miches.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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: 70 km ENE of Miches, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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