A minor earthquake magnitude 3.26 (ml/mb) strikes 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 11:32:49 / 11:32 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/02/19 / 2019-02-07 16:32:49 / February 7, 2019 @ 4:32 pm. Id of earthquake: pr2019038021. Event ids that are associated: pr2019038021. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 92 km (57 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -68.202° West, latitude 19.2841° North, depth = 92 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (50 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seventy-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and three and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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