A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/11/18 / 2018-11-15 01:38:29 / November 15, 2018 @ 1:38 am. Unique identifier: pr2018319002. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018319002. Exact location of event, longitude -68.4561 West, latitude 19.2911 North, depth = 66 km. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:38:29 / 8:38 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 66 km (41 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, Punta Cana, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 80 km (50 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop).
Each 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 nine, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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