A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.38 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 111 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (69 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 109 km (68 miles). The 3.38-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:06:28 / 8:06 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/09/18 / 2018-09-15 01:06:28 / September 15, 2018 @ 1:06 am. Event id: pr2018258000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018258000. Exact location of event, longitude -67.77 West, latitude 19.3848 North, depth = 109 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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