A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:39:30 / 7:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/01/19 / 2019-01-16 00:39:30 / January 16, 2019 @ 12:39 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000j4cc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt19016050, us2000j4cc. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -68.322° West, 19.3709° North.
Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salvaleón de Higüey, Punta Cana, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 87 km N of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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