A minor earthquake magnitude 3.32 (ml/mb) strikes 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Santa Barbara de Samana in Dominican Republic on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 126 km (78 miles). Unique identifier: pr2019076007. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019076007. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/03/19 / 2019-03-17 12:38:59 / March 17, 2019 @ 12:38 pm. Exact location of event, depth 126 km, -68.9173° West, 19.681° North. The temblor was picked up at 07:38:59 / 7:38 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Las Terrenas (c. 7 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Miches, Las Terrenas, Samaná (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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. 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: 68 km NE of Santa Barbara de Samana, Dominican Republic.
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