A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.39 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic. The temblor was reported at 14:50:47 / 2:50 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 152 km (94 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018333010. Unique identifier: pr2018333010. Exact location of earthquake, -68.8313° West, 18.5103° North, depth 152 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/11/18 / 2018-11-29 18:50:47 / November 29, 2018 @ 6:50 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Boca Chica, El Valle, Los Llanos. The epicenter was 49 km (31 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 17 km ENE of La Romana, Dominican Republic.
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