A minor earthquake magnitude 3.18 (ml/mb) strikes 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo in Dominican Republic on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 118 km (73 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -68.8488° West, latitude 18.7903° North, depth = 118 km. The temblor was detected at 10:55:34 / 10:55 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/01/19 / 2019-01-20 14:55:34 / January 20, 2019 @ 2:55 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019020006. Id of event: pr2019020006.
Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Los Llanos, Samaná, Quisqueya (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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