A minor earthquake magnitude 3.27 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 121 km (75 miles). Exact location of event, depth 121 km, -67.875° West, 18.2893° North. Global time and date of event 03/11/18 / 2018-11-03 23:27:24 / November 3, 2018 @ 11:27 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 18:27:24 / 6:27 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2018307009. Event ids that are associated: pr2018307009.
The epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Cabo Rojo (c. 10 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Moca, Hormigueros, Cabo Rojo (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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