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M 3.0md

65 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

Yes. A magnitude 3.0 earthquake was recorded 65 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, at 2:17 am AST on 12 October 2018 (06:17 UTC), 42 km deep.

· 42 km deep · released about 950 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 3.0 (md)
Depth
42 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mayagüez Municipio, 125 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2882 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 950 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 350,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 16,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 11,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.0 about 950 lb of TNT

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

Where

Epicentre 19.1518, -68.2528. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Mayagüez Municipio, PR 125 km (78 mi) SSE earthquakes near Mayagüez Municipio
Aguadilla Municipio, PR 139 km (86 mi) ESE earthquakes near Aguadilla Municipio
Rincón Municipio, PR 139 km (86 mi) SE earthquakes near Rincón Municipio
Aguada Municipio, PR 142 km (88 mi) SE earthquakes near Aguada Municipio
Añasco Municipio, PR 152 km (95 mi) SE earthquakes near Añasco Municipio
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 165 km (102 mi) SE earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

49 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 2.3 46 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  2. 2.8 95 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  3. 2.8 108 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  4. 2.9 82 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  5. 2.8 74 km N of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  6. 3.1 62 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  7. 3.1 68 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  8. 4.7 101 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  9. 3.0 Dominican Republic region
  10. 2.9 95 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  11. 2.9 105 km NE of Miches, Dominican Republic
  12. 2.9 91 km NE of Miches, Dominican Republic
  13. 3.1 78 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  14. 3.4 73 km ENE of Miches, Dominican Republic
  15. 3.0 Mona Passage

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

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