A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.38 (ml/mb) was reported 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Otra Banda in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.4968 West, latitude 19.1588 North, depth = 81 km. Event id: pr2018268005. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018268005. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/09/18 / 2018-09-25 23:14:50 / September 25, 2018 @ 11:14 pm. The temblor was picked up at 18:14:50 / 6:14 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 81 km (50 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaymate, Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Punta Cana. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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