A minor earthquake magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 86 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (53 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 71 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.7588 West, latitude 19.0585 North, depth = 71 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/05/19 / 2019-05-02 18:20:26 / May 2, 2019 @ 6:20 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019122013. Unique identifier: pr2019122013. The temblor was picked up at 13:20:26 / 1:20 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days five hundred and ten 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. There are an estimated 130,000 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 86 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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