A minor earthquake magnitude 3.19 (ml/mb) strikes 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 114 km (71 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 20/07/18 / 2018-07-20 22:02:31 / July 20, 2018 @ 10:02 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.9198 West, latitude 18.1636 North, depth = 114 km. The 3.19-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:02:31 / 5:02 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018201012. Id of event: pr2018201012.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puerto Real, Rincón, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Puerto Real (c. 6 200 pop), 73 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 seven, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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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: 69 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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