A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) was reported 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Friday. Id of earthquake: pr2019039006. Event ids that are associated: pr2019039006. The 2.98-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:37:11 / 2:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -68.2608 West, latitude 19.2598 North, depth = 71 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 71 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 08/02/19 / 2019-02-08 07:37:11 / February 8, 2019 @ 7:37 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seventy-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and five and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 76 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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