A minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Unique identifier: pr2019125012. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019125012. The 2.85-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:04:12 / 2:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.0216 West, latitude 18.348 North, depth = 98 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 98 km (61 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/05/19 / 2019-05-05 19:04:12 / May 5, 2019 @ 7:04 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Otra Banda, San Rafael del Yuma, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Event epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 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. 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: 47 km ESE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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