A minor earthquake magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 74 km (46 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -68.2818° West, 18.0218° North, depth 74 km. Event id: pr2019036038. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019036038. The 3.12-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:21:41 / 2:21 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/02/19 / 2019-02-05 19:21:41 / February 5, 2019 @ 7:21 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salvaleón de Higüey, Punta Cana, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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