A minor earthquake magnitude 3.23 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Unique identifier: pr2018122009. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018122009. Exact location of event, depth 60 km, -68.1105° West, 19.0043° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 60 km (37 miles). The temblor was picked up at 02:32:49 / 2:32 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/05/18 / 2018-05-02 07:32:49 / May 2, 2018 @ 7:32 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days fifty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 56 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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