A minor earthquake magnitude 3.08 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic. The temblor was picked up at 17:02:31 / 5:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.9836 West, latitude 18.1783 North, depth = 95 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018297009. Unique identifier: pr2018297009. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/10/18 / 2018-10-24 22:02:31 / October 24, 2018 @ 10:02 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 95 km (59 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana, Los Llanos, Boca Chica. Epicenter of the event was 46 km (28 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and three 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 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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