A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.13 (ml/mb) was reported 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Santa Barbara de Samana in Dominican Republic on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33 km (21 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.9075 West, latitude 19.4763 North, depth = 33 km. Event id: pr2018182031. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018182031. The temblor was reported at 17:36:12 / 5:36 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/07/18 / 2018-07-01 22:36:12 / July 1, 2018 @ 10:36 pm UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Sánchez (c. 11 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Sánchez, El Valle (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
Each 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 54 km NE of Santa Barbara de Samana, Dominican Republic.
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