A minor earthquake magnitude 3.18 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 67 km (42 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/02/19 / 2019-02-06 17:57:07 / February 6, 2019 @ 5:57 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.128 West, latitude 18.8713 North, depth = 67 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019037019. Unique identifier: pr2019037019. The 3.18-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:57:07 / 12:57 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Yuma, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda. Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days eighty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-one and in the last 365 days six hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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