A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.43 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma in Dominican Republic. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 123 km (76 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -68.7708 West, latitude 18.4846 North, depth = 123 km. The 3.43-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:20:43 / 5:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/02/18 / 2018-02-16 09:20:43 / February 16, 2018 @ 9:20 am. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018047002. Unique identifier: pr2018047002.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Los Llanos, Quisqueya, Miches (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 56 km (35 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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