A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.9228 West, latitude 18.7576 North, depth = 117 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/04/19 / 2019-04-23 01:56:11 / April 23, 2019 @ 1:56 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 117 km (73 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr2019113006. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019113006. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:56:11 / 8:56 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Nearby 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 Otra Banda, Punta Cana.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days six hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 54 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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