A minor earthquake magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Global time and date of event 01/05/19 / 2019-05-01 00:22:27 / May 1, 2019 @ 12:22 am UTC/GMT. The 2.93-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:22:27 / 7:22 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 83 km (52 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.1998 West, latitude 18.2463 North, depth = 83 km. Unique identifier: pr2019121000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019121000.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, San Rafael del Yuma. The epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-six 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 quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 42 km SSE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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