A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo in Dominican Republic. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/12/18 / 2018-12-29 07:49:09 / December 29, 2018 @ 7:49 am. The temblor was picked up at 03:49:09 / 3:49 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 131 km (81 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -68.9431° West, 18.8695° North, depth 131 km. Unique identifier: pr2018363006. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018363006.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 59 km (36 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Las Terrenas, Bayaguana, Punta Cana.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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