A minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) strikes 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Sunday. Event id: pr2018050000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018050000. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/02/18 / 2018-02-19 01:20:30 / February 19, 2018 @ 1:20 am. The 2.84-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:20:30 / 8:20 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.011 West, latitude 19.1078 North, depth = 105 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 105 km (65 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 71 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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