A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.9053 West, latitude 18.2475 North, depth = 117 km. Event id: pr2019030009. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019030009. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/01/19 / 2019-01-30 06:58:15 / January 30, 2019 @ 6:58 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 117 km (73 miles). The 2.93-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:58:15 / 1:58 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Puerto Real (c. 6 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puerto Real, Aguada, Rincón.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 64 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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