A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.73 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Guaymate in Dominican Republic. Exact location of event, depth 109 km, -68.908° West, 18.513° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 109 km (68 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2020265004. Event ids that are associated: pr2020265004. The temblor was picked up at 04:46:10 / 4:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/09/20 / 2020-09-21 04:46:10 / September 21, 2020 @ 4:46 am.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bayaguana, Sabana de La Mar, Boca Chica (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 41 km (26 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and eleven 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 11 km SE of Guaymate, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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