A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/07/18 / 2018-07-04 08:35:47 / July 4, 2018 @ 8:35 am. The temblor was detected at 03:35:47 / 3:35 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2018185003. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018185003. Exact location of earthquake, -68.0211° West, 18.209° North, depth 67 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 67 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Yuma, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 57 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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