A minor earthquake magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.24 West, latitude 18.9945 North, depth = 94 km. The temblor was detected at 22:20:37 / 10:20 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/10/18 / 2018-10-02 03:20:37 / October 2, 2018 @ 3:20 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 94 km (58 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr2018275004. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018275004.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days fifty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 48 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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