A minor earthquake magnitude 3.28 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The epicenter was at a depth of 99 km (62 miles). Unique identifier: pr2019031006. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019031006. The temblor was reported at 22:17:14 / 10:17 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 31/01/19 / 2019-01-31 03:17:14 / January 31, 2019 @ 3:17 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -68.219° West, latitude 19.168° North, depth = 99 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days thirty-five, in the past 30 days seventy-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 67 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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