A minor earthquake magnitude 3.18 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Santa Barbara de Samana in Dominican Republic. Unique identifier: pr2018336015. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018336015. Global time and date of event 02/12/18 / 2018-12-02 19:07:33 / December 2, 2018 @ 7:07 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.18-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:07:33 / 2:07 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 19 km (12 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -68.8716° West, 19.701° North, depth 19 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Samaná. Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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: 73 km NE of Santa Barbara de Samana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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