A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 14:46:19 / 2:46 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/02/18 / 2018-02-08 19:46:19 / February 8, 2018 @ 7:46 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -68.0155° West, 18.3391° North, depth 102 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 102 km (63 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018039016. Id of event: pr2018039016.
Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 49 km ESE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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