A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.13 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact location of event, depth 76 km, -68.1576° West, 18.739° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/11/18 / 2018-11-26 05:23:02 / November 26, 2018 @ 5:23 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018330002. Id of event: pr2018330002. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 76 km (47 miles). The temblor was detected at 00:23:02 / 12:23 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 60 km (37 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Yuma, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-six 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 31 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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