A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.39 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact location, longitude -68.0225° West, latitude 18.926166666667° North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: pr71459508. Event ids that are associated: pr71459508. The 3.39-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:23:06 / 11:23 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 08/09/24 / 2024-09-08 11:23:06 / September 8, 2024 @ 11:23 am UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 56 km (34 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 55 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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