A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.43 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Santa Barbara de Samana in Dominican Republic. Event id: pr2019086007. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019086007. Global time and date of event 27/03/19 / 2019-03-27 05:03:19 / March 27, 2019 @ 5:03 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 56 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 00:03:19 / 12:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 56 km, -68.9016° West, 19.4991° North.
Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Sánchez (c. 11 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Sánchez, El Valle (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every 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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