A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Guaymate in Dominican Republic on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 13:10:00 / 1:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.8445 West, latitude 18.5166 North, depth = 103.156 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/09/24 / 2024-09-22 13:10:00 / September 22, 2024 @ 1:10 pm. Id of earthquake: us6000ntp8. Event ids that are associated: us6000ntp8. The epicenter was at a depth of 103.156 km (64 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sabana de La Mar, Boca Chica, El Valle. Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 48 km (30 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km ESE of Guaymate, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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