A minor earthquake magnitude 3.43 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 108 km (67 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/05/17 / 2017-05-27 07:00:44 / May 27, 2017 @ 7:00 am. The temblor was detected at 02:00:44 / 2:00 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2017147000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2017147000. Exact location of event, depth 108 km, -68.0445° West, 18.24° North.
Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, San Rafael del Yuma. Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (51 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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