A light earthquake magnitude 4.01 (ml/mb) strikes 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: pr2018088003. Ids that are associated to the event: pt18088002, us1000db6t, pr2018088003. Exact location of event, longitude -68.1463 West, latitude 18.03 North, depth = 55 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.01-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:55:37 / 6:55 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/03/18 / 2018-03-29 23:55:37 / March 29, 2018 @ 11:55 pm.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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