A minor earthquake magnitude 3.14 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 114 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (71 miles). Unique identifier: pr2018257001. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018257001. Global time and date of event 14/09/18 / 2018-09-14 07:53:01 / September 14, 2018 @ 7:53 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 67 km (42 miles). The 3.14-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:53:01 / 2:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -68.1508° West, latitude 19.588° North, depth = 67 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 114 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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