A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.51 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Guaymate in Dominican Republic. The epicenter was at a depth of 111 km (69 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.9581 West, latitude 18.6225 North, depth = 111 km. The temblor was reported at 22:52:04 / 10:52 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/12/18 / 2018-12-28 02:52:04 / December 28, 2018 @ 2:52 am. Event id: pr2018362000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018362000.
Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Event epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Samaná, Bayaguana, Boca Chica.
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 seven, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 4 km NNE of Guaymate, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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