A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.01 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: pr71462758. Unique identifier: pr71462758. Exact location, longitude -68.131° West, latitude 18.316666666667° North, depth = 5.21 km. The temblor was picked up at 03:18:52 / 3:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/10/24 / 2024-10-17 03:18:52 / October 17, 2024 @ 3:18 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.21 km (3 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 eight, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 41 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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