A minor earthquake magnitude 3.88 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. Exact location of event, depth 94 km, -68.7898° West, 19.2456° North. The temblor was detected at 10:11:22 / 10:11 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2024224001. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024224001. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 94 km (58 miles). Global time and date of event 11/08/24 / 2024-08-11 10:11:22 / August 11, 2024 @ 10:11 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sánchez, Punta Cana, Las Terrenas. Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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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