A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. Id of earthquake: pt19030050. Event ids that are associated: pt19030050. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/01/19 / 2019-01-30 05:04:32 / January 30, 2019 @ 5:04 am. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:04:32 / 12:04 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -68.073 West, latitude 19.291 North, depth = 5 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Cana. The epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 85 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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