A minor earthquake magnitude 3.55 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Salvaleon de Higuey in Dominican Republic. The 3.55-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:43:04 / 9:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -68.7781 West, latitude 18.5576 North, depth = 136 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019107000. Id of event: pr2019107000. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/04/19 / 2019-04-17 01:43:04 / April 17, 2019 @ 1:43 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 136 km (85 miles).
Event epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 39 km (25 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sabana de La Mar, El Valle, Los Llanos (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 9 km SW of Salvaleon de Higuey, Dominican Republic.
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