A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.34 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Id of earthquake: pr71468218. Event ids that are associated: pr71468218. Exact location of event, longitude -67.977833333333 West, latitude 18.270833333333 North, depth = 110.61 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 110.61 km (69 miles). The temblor was reported at 10:49:37 / 10:49 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 10/12/24 / 2024-12-10 10:49:37 / December 10, 2024 @ 10:49 am UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rincón, San Rafael del Yuma, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days fourty-three 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 56 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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