A minor earthquake magnitude 3.42 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact location of earthquake, -67.8435° West, 18.916833333333° North, depth 3.55 km. The 3.42-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:25:12 / 12:25 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr71465663. Event ids that are associated: pr71465663. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/11/24 / 2024-11-14 00:25:12 / November 14, 2024 @ 12:25 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 3.55 km (2 miles).
Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 69 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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