A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) was reported 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 89 km (55 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/06/18 / 2018-06-08 21:42:20 / June 8, 2018 @ 9:42 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018159011. Unique identifier: pr2018159011. The 2.94-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:42:20 / 4:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -67.9551° West, 18.2995° North, depth 89 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Rafael del Yuma, Rincón, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 57 km (35 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 56 km ESE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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