A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/04/19 / 2019-04-06 20:19:32 / April 6, 2019 @ 8:19 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 82 km (51 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 15:19:32 / 3:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -68.0176 West, latitude 18.315 North, depth = 82 km. Id of earthquake: pr2019096019. Event ids that are associated: pr2019096019.
Close 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, Punta Cana. The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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