A minor earthquake magnitude 3.41 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71452003. Id of event: pr71452003. The epicenter was at a depth of 108.88 km (68 miles). The 3.41-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:53:25 / 4:53 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.048166666667 West, latitude 18.221166666667 North, depth = 108.88 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/06/24 / 2024-06-09 16:53:25 / June 9, 2024 @ 4:53 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, San Rafael del Yuma. Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 54 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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