A minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 97 km (60 miles). The 3.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:06:31 / 7:06 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2024212000. Unique identifier: pr2024212000. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.1165 West, latitude 18.8695 North, depth = 97 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/07/24 / 2024-07-30 07:06:31 / July 30, 2024 @ 7:06 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (43 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum 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 fourteen, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
Questions or comments?
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: 43 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2024 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply