A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Event id: pr2018318005. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018318005. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/11/18 / 2018-11-14 06:57:47 / November 14, 2018 @ 6:57 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 121 km, -67.8953° West, 18.2428° North. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:57:47 / 1:57 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 121 km (75 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Puerto Real, Aguada, Rincón (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Puerto Real (c. 6 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 65 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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