A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.75 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019157004. Unique identifier: pr2019157004. Exact location of event, longitude -68.7055 West, latitude 19.4551 North, depth = 128 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/06/19 / 2019-06-06 04:59:51 / June 6, 2019 @ 4:59 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 128 km (80 miles). The temblor was picked up at 23:59:51 / 11:59 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Sabana de La Mar, Samaná. Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 63 km NE of Miches, Dominican Republic.
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