A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.03 (ml/mb) was reported 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018261025. Id of event: pr2018261025. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 70 km (43 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/09/18 / 2018-09-18 20:14:14 / September 18, 2018 @ 8:14 pm. The temblor was reported at 15:14:14 / 3:14 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.0088 West, latitude 18.1113 North, depth = 70 km.
Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Rafael del Yuma, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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