A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.24 (ml/mb) was reported 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth 67 km, -68.0386° West, 18.9645° North. Global time and date of event 16/08/18 / 2018-08-16 04:13:00 / August 16, 2018 @ 4:13 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 67 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr2018228006. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018228006. The 3.24-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:13:00 / 11:13 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Otra Banda, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days four hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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 NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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