A minor earthquake magnitude 3.18 (ml/mb) strikes 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018228004. Id of event: pr2018228004. Exact location of event, longitude -68.2293 West, latitude 18.3431 North, depth = 104 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 104 km (65 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/08/18 / 2018-08-16 03:19:25 / August 16, 2018 @ 3:19 am. The temblor was detected at 23:19:25 / 11:19 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Romana, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 32 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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