A minor earthquake magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) strikes 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, -68.1968° West, 18.8708° North, depth 92 km. The temblor was detected at 05:43:53 / 5:43 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 92 km (57 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/11/18 / 2018-11-17 10:43:53 / November 17, 2018 @ 10:43 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018321008. Id of event: pr2018321008.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Rafael del Yuma, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 38 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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