A minor earthquake magnitude 3.31 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. Exact location of event, depth 42 km, -68.4523° West, 19.3205° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42 km (26 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018120010. Unique identifier: pr2018120010. The temblor was detected at 06:37:20 / 6:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/04/18 / 2018-04-30 11:37:20 / April 30, 2018 @ 11:37 am UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Otra Banda, Miches (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 72 km ENE of Miches, Dominican Republic.
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