A minor earthquake magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The epicenter was at a depth of 143 km (89 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -68.2348° West, 18.7235° North, depth 143 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/04/19 / 2019-04-23 01:09:10 / April 23, 2019 @ 1:09 am. Event id: pr2019113001. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019113001. The temblor was picked up at 21:09:10 / 9:09 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaymate, San Rafael del Yuma, Salvaleón de Higüey. Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days six hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 23 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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