A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us1000is41. Ids that are associated to the event: pt19030052, us1000is41. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/01/19 / 2019-01-30 16:42:22 / January 30, 2019 @ 4:42 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -68.0982° West, 19.2731° North. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:42:22 / 11:42 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Otra Banda, Punta Cana. Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days fifty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 83 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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