A minor earthquake magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The epicenter was at a depth of 99 km (62 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -68.432° West, 18.612° North, depth 99 km. The 2.99-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:36:29 / 2:36 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2019065005. Event ids that are associated: pr2019065005, us1000jb5m. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/03/19 / 2019-03-06 06:36:29 / March 6, 2019 @ 6:36 am.
The epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 4 km (3 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Miches, Santa Cruz de El Seibo, La Romana (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days sixty-eight and in the last 365 days five hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 27 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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