A minor earthquake magnitude 3.29 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 75.24 km (47 miles). Global time and date of event 03/05/24 / 2024-05-03 10:03:35 / May 3, 2024 @ 10:03 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -67.976166666667° West, latitude 18.240833333333° North, depth = 75.24 km. The 3.29-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:03:35 / 10:03 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr71447558. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mvyb, pr71447558.
Event epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rincón, San Rafael del Yuma, Punta Cana (min 5000 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 twenty-two, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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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