A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Sunday. The temblor was reported at 14:53:31 / 2:53 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2019062006. Event ids that are associated: pr2019062006. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 58 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -68.0476 West, latitude 18.5031 North, depth = 58 km. Global time and date of event 03/03/19 / 2019-03-03 19:53:31 / March 3, 2019 @ 7:53 pm UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days seventy-three and in the last 365 days five hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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