A minor earthquake magnitude 3.74 (ml/mb) strikes 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Thursday. Event id: pr2024277002. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024277002. Exact location of event, depth 114 km, -67.9023° West, 18.2265° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 114 km (71 miles). The 3.74-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:59:42 / 5:59 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/10/24 / 2024-10-03 17:59:42 / October 3, 2024 @ 5:59 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Moca, San Rafael del Yuma, Hormigueros (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Cabo Rojo (c. 10 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Puerto Real (c. 6 200 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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