A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) was reported 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.107 West, latitude 18.3578 North, depth = 100 km. The temblor was picked up at 04:15:21 / 4:15 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 27/04/18 / 2018-04-27 09:15:21 / April 27, 2018 @ 9:15 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 100 km (62 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018117003. Id of event: pr2018117003.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (43 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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