A minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact location of event, longitude -68.0678 West, latitude 19.2911 North, depth = 93 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 93 km (58 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2019030001. Event ids that are associated: pt19030050, pr2019030001, us1000irxd. The temblor was reported at 00:04:35 / 12:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/01/19 / 2019-01-30 05:04:35 / January 30, 2019 @ 5:04 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana. Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 80 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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