A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact location of event, depth 95 km, -68.4565° West, 18.86° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/02/19 / 2019-02-05 15:38:02 / February 5, 2019 @ 3:38 pm. The temblor was picked up at 11:38:02 / 11:38 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 95 km (59 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019036034, us2000jdpg. Unique identifier: pr2019036034.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 73 km (45 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 31 km (20 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Romana, Miches, Guaymate (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days seventy-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and five and in the last 365 days five hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 23 km NNW of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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