A minor earthquake magnitude 3.06 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The epicenter was at a depth of 58 km (36 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/02/19 / 2019-02-11 10:44:26 / February 11, 2019 @ 10:44 am. Exact location of event, depth 58 km, -68.1188° West, 18.5956° North. Event id: pr2019042005. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019042005. The temblor was reported at 06:44:26 / 6:44 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, San Rafael del Yuma, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (39 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fifty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixteen and in the last 365 days six hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 30 km E of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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