A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.14 (ml/mb) was reported 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 10:45:03 / 10:45 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.1913 West, latitude 19.2545 North, depth = 59 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 59 km (37 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/02/19 / 2019-02-05 15:45:03 / February 5, 2019 @ 3:45 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019036036. Unique identifier: pr2019036036.
Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days sixty-six, in the past 30 days ninety-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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