A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) was reported 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 112 km (70 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -67.9663° West, 19.1563° North, depth 112 km. Unique identifier: pr2018337003. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018337003. The 3.12-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:14:01 / 9:14 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/12/18 / 2018-12-03 02:14:01 / December 3, 2018 @ 2:14 am.
The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Cana.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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