A minor earthquake magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2017350003. Id of event: pr2017350003. The temblor was picked up at 04:05:05 / 4:05 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43 km (27 miles). Global time and date of event 16/12/17 / 2017-12-16 08:05:05 / December 16, 2017 @ 8:05 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 43 km, -68.2945° West, 18.749° North.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Guaymate, San Rafael del Yuma. Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Event epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 21 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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