A minor earthquake magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 76 km (47 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 08:02:02 / 8:02 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/07/18 / 2018-07-26 13:02:02 / July 26, 2018 @ 1:02 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018207007. Id of event: pr2018207007. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.0428 West, latitude 18.0303 North, depth = 76 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Cana.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 71 km ESE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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