A minor earthquake magnitude 3.17 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Unique identifier: pr2019115009. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019115009. Exact location of event, longitude -68.0115 West, latitude 19.1386 North, depth = 94 km. Global time and date of event 25/04/19 / 2019-04-25 12:04:58 / April 25, 2019 @ 12:04 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 94 km (58 miles). The temblor was detected at 07:04:58 / 7:04 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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