A minor earthquake magnitude 3.66 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. The temblor was reported at 08:13:27 / 8:13 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020118011. Id of event: pr2020118011. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/04/20 / 2020-04-27 12:13:27 / April 27, 2020 @ 12:13 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -68.7133° West, 19.0348° North, depth 18 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Romana, Sabana de La Mar, El Valle (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop). 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 ten, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-five 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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