A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/09/15 / 2015-09-27 05:35:16 / September 27, 2015 @ 5:35 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 97 km (60 miles). The temblor was reported at 01:35:16 / 1:35 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -68.7626 West, latitude 19.1201 North, depth = 97 km. Id of earthquake: pr15270010. Event ids that are associated: pr15270010.
Epicenter of the event was 80 km (50 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Las Terrenas, La Romana, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 33 km ENE of Miches, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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