A minor earthquake magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Event id: pr2019114006. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019114006. Global time and date of event 24/04/19 / 2019-04-24 10:44:34 / April 24, 2019 @ 10:44 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 16 km (10 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -67.883° West, 18.9015° North, depth 16 km. The temblor was reported at 05:44:34 / 5:44 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 65 km (41 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). 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 Punta Cana.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days five hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 65 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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