A minor earthquake magnitude 3.27 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/06/18 / 2018-06-15 02:43:51 / June 15, 2018 @ 2:43 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 53 km (33 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -68.0925° West, 19.2215° North, depth 53 km. Event id: pr2018166005. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018166005. The 3.27-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:43:51 / 9:43 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 78 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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