A minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The temblor was detected at 07:13:37 / 7:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -67.9538° West, 18.6151° North, depth 114 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/11/24 / 2024-11-02 07:13:37 / November 2, 2024 @ 7:13 am. Id of earthquake: pr2024307001. Event ids that are associated: pr2024307001. The epicenter was at a depth of 114 km (71 miles).
Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguada, Rincón, Salvaleón de Higüey (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-one 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. 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: 47 km E of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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