A minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) strikes 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. The 2.96-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:54:59 / 12:54 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 70 km (43 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019008005. Id of event: pr2019008005. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.9185 West, latitude 19.0413 North, depth = 70 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/01/19 / 2019-01-08 05:54:59 / January 8, 2019 @ 5:54 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana. Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 72 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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