A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/11/15 / 2015-11-19 22:14:49 / November 19, 2015 @ 10:14 pm. The temblor was picked up at 17:14:49 / 5:14 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -68.2135 West, latitude 19.1327 North, depth = 25 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15323008. Unique identifier: pr15323008.
The epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). 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.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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