A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.35 (ml/mb) was reported 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude -67.9378 West, latitude 18.9055 North, depth = 49 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019123003. Unique identifier: pr2019123003. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 49 km (30 miles). The temblor was detected at 08:51:55 / 8:51 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 03/05/19 / 2019-05-03 13:51:55 / May 3, 2019 @ 1:51 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Otra Banda, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days five hundred and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 60 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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