A minor earthquake magnitude 3.44 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. Exact location of event, depth 89 km, -68.4438° West, 19.314° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/12/18 / 2018-12-02 11:01:22 / December 2, 2018 @ 11:01 am. The temblor was picked up at 06:01:22 / 6:01 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 89 km (55 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018336009. Unique identifier: pr2018336009.
Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 83 km (51 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, Punta Cana, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 73 km ENE of Miches, Dominican Republic.
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