A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.35 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/10/18 / 2018-10-26 06:30:59 / October 26, 2018 @ 6:30 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 115 km (71 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 02:30:59 / 2:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -68.8938° West, latitude 18.5145° North, depth = 115 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018299003. Unique identifier: pr2018299003.
Close 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, Boca Chica, El Valle (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 43 km (27 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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