A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) was reported 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/08/18 / 2018-08-25 21:04:07 / August 25, 2018 @ 9:04 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -67.9465° West, 18.7966° North, depth 52 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018237006. Unique identifier: pr2018237006. The temblor was detected at 16:04:07 / 4:04 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52 km (32 miles).
Event epicenter was 54 km (33 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Otra Banda, Punta Cana. Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 53 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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