A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) was reported 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Friday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 92 km (57 miles). The temblor was picked up at 20:57:13 / 8:57 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 13/04/19 / 2019-04-13 00:57:13 / April 13, 2019 @ 12:57 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -68.1526 West, latitude 18.67 North, depth = 92 km. Event id: pr2019103001. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019103001.
Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Rafael del Yuma, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days six hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 28 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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