A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact location of event, depth 85 km, -68.2886° West, 18.9566° North. The temblor was picked up at 00:50:43 / 12:50 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 85 km (53 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019046006. Unique identifier: pr2019046006. Global time and date of event 15/02/19 / 2019-02-15 05:50:43 / February 15, 2019 @ 5:50 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Yuma, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 58 km (36 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifteen and in the last 365 days five hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 43 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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