A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact location of earthquake, -67.9223° West, 18.3803° North, depth 76 km. The temblor was reported at 03:07:37 / 3:07 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 11/05/18 / 2018-05-11 08:07:37 / May 11, 2018 @ 8:07 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: pr2018131005. Event ids that are associated: pr2018131005. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 76 km (47 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Yuma, Aguada, Rincón (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 56 km (35 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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