A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.06 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. Exact location of event, depth 41 km, -68.9856° West, 19.2866° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41 km (25 miles). Event id: pr2018321015. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018321015. The temblor was detected at 15:56:18 / 3:56 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/11/18 / 2018-11-17 19:56:18 / November 17, 2018 @ 7:56 pm.
Earthquake epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Sánchez (c. 11 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Otra Banda, Guaymate, Sánchez (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 34 km N of Miches, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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