A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.57 (ml/mb) was reported Mona Passage kilometers (0 miles) from Mona Passage on Tuesday. Unique identifier: pr2020329000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020329000. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/11/20 / 2020-11-24 00:32:03 / November 24, 2020 @ 12:32 am. The 3.57-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:32:03 / 12:32 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 151 km (94 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -68.5501 West, latitude 18.5315 North, depth = 151 km.
Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Pedro de Macorís, Hato Mayor del Rey, Miches (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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