A minor earthquake magnitude 3.85 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Samaná in Dominican Republic. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -68.853 West, latitude 19.7423 North, depth = 9 km. Event id: pr2024303002. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024303002. Global time and date of event 29/10/24 / 2024-10-29 08:02:22 / October 29, 2024 @ 8:02 am UTC/GMT. The 3.85-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:02:22 / 8:02 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Las Terrenas (c. 7 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Las Terrenas, Miches, Samaná.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 78 km NE of Samaná, Dominican Republic.
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