A minor earthquake magnitude 3.28 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Otra Banda in Dominican Republic on Friday. Exact location, longitude -68.7506° West, latitude 18.8001° North, depth = 152 km. Event id: pr2019018010. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019018010. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/01/19 / 2019-01-18 23:48:59 / January 18, 2019 @ 11:48 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 152 km (94 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 19:48:59 / 7:48 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Los Llanos, Samaná, Quisqueya. Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 19 km NNW of Otra Banda, Dominican Republic.
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