A minor earthquake magnitude 3.17 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Unique identifier: pr2018122013. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018122013. The 3.17-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:35:55 / 7:35 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 74 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/05/18 / 2018-05-02 12:35:55 / May 2, 2018 @ 12:35 pm. Exact location, longitude -67.841° West, latitude 19.0638° North, depth = 74 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days fifty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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