A minor earthquake magnitude 3.17 (ml/mb) strikes 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/06/18 / 2018-06-07 18:51:56 / June 7, 2018 @ 6:51 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 96 km (60 miles). Exact location of event, depth 96 km, -68.0623° West, 18.2396° North. Unique identifier: pr2018158003. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018158003. The temblor was reported at 13:51:56 / 1:51 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, San Rafael del Yuma. Epicenter of the event was 80 km (50 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 52 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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