A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.04 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Global time and date of event 08/03/19 / 2019-03-08 05:36:40 / March 8, 2019 @ 5:36 am UTC/GMT. The 3.04-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:36:40 / 12:36 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2019067008. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019067008. Exact location of earthquake, -68.2201° West, 19.0881° North, depth 54 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 54 km (34 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
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 ten, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days five hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 59 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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