A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.32 (ml/mb) was reported 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. The temblor was picked up at 18:21:29 / 6:21 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -68.7511° West, latitude 19.4285° North, depth = 9 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 14/05/19 / 2019-05-14 23:21:29 / May 14, 2019 @ 11:21 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: pr2019134009. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019134009.
The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Sabana de La Mar, Samaná (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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