A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Santa Barbara de Samana in Dominican Republic. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.9753 West, latitude 19.8332 North, depth = 95 km. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:52:13 / 10:52 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr16140003. Event ids that are associated: pr16140003. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 95 km (59 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/05/16 / 2016-05-19 03:52:13 / May 19, 2016 @ 3:52 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Las Terrenas, Samaná. Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Las Terrenas (c. 7 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. 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: 79 km NNE of Santa Barbara de Samana, Dominican Republic.
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