A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.25 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/01/18 / 2018-01-15 01:48:03 / January 15, 2018 @ 1:48 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 105 km (65 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -68.1671° West, 18.2905° North, depth 105 km. The temblor was reported at 20:48:03 / 8:48 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2018015001. Event ids that are associated: pr2018015001.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 56 km (35 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 two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 40 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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