A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.15 (ml/mb) was reported 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Saturday. Global time and date of event 14/07/18 / 2018-07-14 09:56:18 / July 14, 2018 @ 9:56 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -68.1726 West, latitude 18.8496 North, depth = 77 km. The temblor was picked up at 04:56:18 / 4:56 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018195003. Id of event: pr2018195003. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 77 km (48 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). The epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Rafael del Yuma, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 38 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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