A minor earthquake magnitude 3.24 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Otra Banda in Dominican Republic. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/12/17 / 2017-12-06 20:29:28 / December 6, 2017 @ 8:29 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -68.7068° West, 18.767° North, depth 8 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2017340004. Unique identifier: pr2017340004. The temblor was reported at 16:29:28 / 4:29 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sabana de La Mar, Quisqueya, El Valle (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 13 km NNW of Otra Banda, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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