A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Event id: pr2018282015. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018282015. Global time and date of event 09/10/18 / 2018-10-09 22:50:18 / October 9, 2018 @ 10:50 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 17:50:18 / 5:50 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 87 km, -68.0098° West, 18.7875° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 87 km (54 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, Punta Cana. Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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 five, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days sixty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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