A minor earthquake magnitude 3.22 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019030023. Id of event: pr2019030023. Global time and date of event 30/01/19 / 2019-01-30 18:46:44 / January 30, 2019 @ 6:46 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 83 km, -68.2615° West, 19.1691° North. The temblor was reported at 13:46:44 / 1:46 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 83 km (52 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days sixty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 66 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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