A minor earthquake magnitude 3.49 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019023004. Id of event: pr2019023004. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/01/19 / 2019-01-23 03:52:57 / January 23, 2019 @ 3:52 am. Exact location of event, depth 87 km, -68.92° West, 19.0611° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 87 km (54 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 23:52:57 / 11:52 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bayaguana, Los Llanos, San Pedro de Macorís. The epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km ENE of Miches, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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