A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.0933 West, latitude 18.5685 North, depth = 91 km. The temblor was detected at 00:30:52 / 12:30 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 18/12/18 / 2018-12-18 05:30:52 / December 18, 2018 @ 5:30 am UTC/GMT. Event id: pr2018352013. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018352013. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 91 km (57 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). The epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salvaleón de Higüey, San Rafael del Yuma, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days fifty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 32 km E of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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