A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, -68.1916° West, 18.736° North, depth 49 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 49 km (30 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2017138015. Id of event: pr2017138015. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/05/17 / 2017-05-18 21:08:53 / May 18, 2017 @ 9:08 pm. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:08:53 / 5:08 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 56 km (35 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Yuma, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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