A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.04 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/10/18 / 2018-10-19 11:26:55 / October 19, 2018 @ 11:26 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 144 km (89 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr2018292016. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018292016. The 3.04-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:26:55 / 6:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.9738 West, latitude 18.1868 North, depth = 144 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). 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 San Rafael del Yuma, Rincón, Punta Cana.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 63 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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