A minor earthquake magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018136005. Unique identifier: pr2018136005. The temblor was detected at 00:40:34 / 12:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.0541 West, latitude 18.3015 North, depth = 92 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/05/18 / 2018-05-16 05:40:34 / May 16, 2018 @ 5:40 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 92 km (57 miles).
Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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