A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo in Dominican Republic. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 50 km (31 miles). Id of earthquake: pr15314001. Event ids that are associated: pr15314001. Exact location of event, longitude -68.9763 West, latitude 18.7684 North, depth = 50 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/11/15 / 2015-11-10 09:08:49 / November 10, 2015 @ 9:08 am. The temblor was detected at 05:08:49 / 5:08 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Boca Chica, Bayaguana, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 6 km E of Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Dominican Republic.
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