A minor earthquake magnitude 3.07 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 102 km (63 miles). Unique identifier: pr2019014012. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019014012. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.9608 West, latitude 18.1411 North, depth = 102 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/01/19 / 2019-01-14 22:32:28 / January 14, 2019 @ 10:32 pm. The temblor was detected at 17:32:28 / 5:32 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rincón, Punta Cana. Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
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 ten, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 67 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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