A minor earthquake magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/05/19 / 2019-05-04 02:29:23 / May 4, 2019 @ 2:29 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019124000. Id of event: pr2019124000. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 25 km (16 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.8531 West, latitude 19.042 North, depth = 25 km. The temblor was detected at 21:29:23 / 9:29 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Cana.
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 seventeen, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 77 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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