A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.22 (ml/mb) was reported 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 19:46:50 / 7:46 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/02/19 / 2019-02-07 00:46:50 / February 7, 2019 @ 12:46 am. Id of earthquake: pr2019038002. Event ids that are associated: pr2019038002. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 108 km (67 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -68.2093° West, latitude 19.032° North, depth = 108 km.
Event epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, Punta Cana.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eighty-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourteen and in the last 365 days five hundred and eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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