A minor earthquake magnitude 3.08 (ml/mb) strikes 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, -68.097833333333° West, 18.998166666667° North, depth 19.49 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/09/24 / 2024-09-18 06:21:52 / September 18, 2024 @ 6:21 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.49 km (12 miles). The 3.08-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:21:52 / 6:21 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71460448. Id of event: pr71460448.
Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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 one, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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