A minor earthquake magnitude 3.07 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/02/18 / 2018-02-03 19:08:10 / February 3, 2018 @ 7:08 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018034007. Id of event: pr2018034007. Exact location of earthquake, -68.0801° West, 18.1481° North, depth 98 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 98 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.07-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:08:10 / 2:08 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Yuma, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 58 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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