A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.26 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/08/18 / 2018-08-19 09:53:38 / August 19, 2018 @ 9:53 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018231004. Id of event: pr2018231004. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 97 km (60 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -67.9168° West, 18.831° North, depth 97 km. The temblor was detected at 04:53:38 / 4:53 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Otra Banda, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 58 km (36 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventeen 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 58 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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