A minor earthquake magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.786833333333 West, latitude 18.864666666667 North, depth = 71.63 km. Unique identifier: pr71467903. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71467903. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 71.63 km (45 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 15:19:24 / December 5, 2024 @ 3:19 pm. The 3.12-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:19:24 / 3:19 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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