A minor earthquake magnitude 3.29 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018279009. Unique identifier: pr2018279009. Exact location of earthquake, -67.98° West, 18.2318° North, depth 112 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 112 km (70 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/10/18 / 2018-10-06 22:19:16 / October 6, 2018 @ 10:19 pm. The temblor was detected at 17:19:16 / 5:19 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rincón, San Rafael del Yuma, Punta Cana. Epicenter of the event was 59 km (37 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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