A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.42 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo in Dominican Republic. The temblor was picked up at 17:32:23 / 5:32 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -68.9643° West, 18.8095° North, depth 134 km. Id of earthquake: pr2018225007. Event ids that are associated: pr2018225007. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/08/18 / 2018-08-13 21:32:23 / August 13, 2018 @ 9:32 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 134 km (83 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sánchez, Las Terrenas, Boca Chica. Earthquake epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 35 km (21 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each 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: 9 km ENE of Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Dominican Republic.
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