A minor earthquake magnitude 3.41 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. Event id: pr2019029009. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019029009. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/01/19 / 2019-01-29 21:49:22 / January 29, 2019 @ 9:49 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 165 km (103 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -68.8153° West, 18.9981° North, depth 165 km. The temblor was picked up at 17:49:22 / 5:49 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Los Llanos, Quisqueya, San Pedro de Macorís (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (49 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 63 km (39 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 earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 24 km E of Miches, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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