A minor earthquake magnitude 3.07 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/07/18 / 2018-07-14 01:25:08 / July 14, 2018 @ 1:25 am. The 3.07-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:25:08 / 8:25 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -68.5298 West, latitude 19.1898 North, depth = 47 km. Id of earthquake: pr2018195000. Event ids that are associated: pr2018195000. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47 km (29 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Punta Cana, Salvaleón de Higüey (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 67 km (41 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 59 km ENE of Miches, Dominican Republic.
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