A minor earthquake magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ntva, pr71460963. Id of event: pr71460963. Exact location of earthquake, -67.8515° West, 18.894833333333° North, depth 24.29 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 24.29 km (15 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/09/24 / 2024-09-23 15:10:18 / September 23, 2024 @ 3:10 pm UTC/GMT. The 2.93-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:10:18 / 3:10 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 67 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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