A minor earthquake magnitude 3.13 (ml/mb) strikes 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Sunday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018266004. Id of event: pr2018266004. The temblor was reported at 01:54:18 / 1:54 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/09/18 / 2018-09-23 06:54:18 / September 23, 2018 @ 6:54 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 78 km (48 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -68.1718 West, latitude 18.7563 North, depth = 78 km.
Epicenter of the event was 59 km (36 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). 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 San Rafael del Yuma, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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