A minor earthquake magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) strikes 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 73 km (45 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018034003. Unique identifier: pr2018034003. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/02/18 / 2018-02-03 04:31:16 / February 3, 2018 @ 4:31 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 23:31:16 / 11:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -68.1046° West, latitude 17.961° North, depth = 73 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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