A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) was reported 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58 km (36 miles). The temblor was detected at 03:02:54 / 3:02 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 11/11/18 / 2018-11-11 07:02:54 / November 11, 2018 @ 7:02 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -68.3451° West, 18.8008° North, depth 58 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018315006. Unique identifier: pr2018315006.
Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 43 km (27 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Miches, Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Guaymate (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 25 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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