A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.316 West, latitude 19.1858 North, depth = 67 km. The temblor was reported at 03:17:04 / 3:17 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2019036017. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019036017. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/02/19 / 2019-02-05 08:17:04 / February 5, 2019 @ 8:17 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 67 km (42 miles).
Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, Punta Cana. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days fifty-eight, in the past 30 days eighty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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