A minor earthquake magnitude 3.06 (ml/mb) strikes 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/04/18 / 2018-04-24 11:21:52 / April 24, 2018 @ 11:21 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.16 West, latitude 18.8073 North, depth = 77 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 77 km (48 miles). The temblor was reported at 06:21:52 / 6:21 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2018114014. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018114014.
Epicenter of the event was 62 km (38 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Yuma, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 35 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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