A minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 123 km (76 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018250005. Unique identifier: pr2018250005. Exact location, longitude -68.204° West, latitude 18.1945° North, depth = 123 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/09/18 / 2018-09-07 06:23:57 / September 7, 2018 @ 6:23 am. The temblor was reported at 01:23:57 / 1:23 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, San Rafael del Yuma. The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 47 km SSE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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