A minor earthquake magnitude 3.62 (ml/mb) strikes 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude -68.2951 West, latitude 19.0416 North, depth = 34 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024262000. Id of event: pr2024262000. The epicenter was at a depth of 34 km (21 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/09/24 / 2024-09-18 06:06:38 / September 18, 2024 @ 6:06 am. The temblor was picked up at 06:06:38 / 6:06 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 79 km (49 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/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Miches, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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