A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 115 km (71 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018338003. Id of event: pr2018338003. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/12/18 / 2018-12-04 07:08:10 / December 4, 2018 @ 7:08 am. Exact location of earthquake, -68.9173° West, 18.8953° North, depth 115 km. The temblor was reported at 03:08:10 / 3:08 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Las Terrenas, Bayaguana, Los Llanos (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 16 km SE of Miches, Dominican Republic.
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