A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Otra Banda in Dominican Republic. Exact location of earthquake, -68.7108° West, 18.7088° North, depth 148 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 148 km (92 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/03/19 / 2019-03-30 14:20:28 / March 30, 2019 @ 2:20 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019089011. Unique identifier: pr2019089011. The temblor was detected at 10:20:28 / 10:20 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Valle, Quisqueya, San Pedro de Macorís (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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