A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.24 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Event id: pr2018041006. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018041006. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/02/18 / 2018-02-10 22:27:35 / February 10, 2018 @ 10:27 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 112 km (70 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -67.913° West, 18.1378° North, depth 112 km. The 3.24-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:27:35 / 5:27 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Puerto Real, Rincón, Punta Cana. Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (44 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Puerto Real (c. 6 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 71 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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