A minor earthquake magnitude 3.24 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/02/18 / 2018-02-06 14:57:22 / February 6, 2018 @ 2:57 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 18 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 09:57:22 / 9:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.3323 West, latitude 19.0268 North, depth = 18 km. Unique identifier: pr2018037007. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018037007.
Epicenter of the event was 60 km (38 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Cruz de El Seibo, San Rafael del Yuma, Miches (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 49 km N of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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