A minor earthquake magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The temblor was reported at 20:05:23 / 8:05 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2019071001. Event ids that are associated: pr2019071001. Exact location, longitude -68.2325° West, latitude 18.7413° North, depth = 86 km. Global time and date of event 12/03/19 / 2019-03-12 00:05:23 / March 12, 2019 @ 12:05 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 86 km (53 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 52 km (32 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Yuma, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days six hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 25 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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