A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.01 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The temblor was detected at 01:21:31 / 1:21 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/05/18 / 2018-05-02 06:21:31 / May 2, 2018 @ 6:21 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.8853 West, latitude 18.5631 North, depth = 101 km. Event id: pr2018122005. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018122005. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 101 km (63 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguadilla, Aguada, Rincón (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 55 km (34 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days fifty and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 54 km E of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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