A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) was reported 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. The 2.85-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:07:22 / 9:07 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/10/18 / 2018-10-04 02:07:22 / October 4, 2018 @ 2:07 am. Exact location of event, longitude -67.9441 West, latitude 19.1056 North, depth = 72 km. Event id: pr2018277004. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018277004. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 72 km (45 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days fifty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 75 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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