A minor earthquake magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Id of earthquake: pr2019123001. Event ids that are associated: pr2019123001. The epicenter was at a depth of 100 km (62 miles). The temblor was reported at 00:38:43 / 12:38 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/05/19 / 2019-05-03 05:38:43 / May 3, 2019 @ 5:38 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.1608 West, latitude 18.3493 North, depth = 100 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (40 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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. 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: 36 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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