A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.14 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The 3.14-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:00:50 / 2:00 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 93 km (58 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019115012. Unique identifier: pr2019115012. Global time and date of event 25/04/19 / 2019-04-25 19:00:50 / April 25, 2019 @ 7:00 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -68.1606 West, latitude 18.742 North, depth = 93 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (37 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Yuma, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days six hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 31 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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