A minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) strikes 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: pr2019098003. Event ids that are associated: pr2019098003. Global time and date of event 08/04/19 / 2019-04-08 05:32:39 / April 8, 2019 @ 5:32 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 6 km, -68.494° West, 19.3755° North. The 2.96-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:32:39 / 12:32 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Miches. Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 72 km NE of Miches, Dominican Republic.
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