A minor earthquake magnitude 3.69 (ml/mb) strikes 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Friday. The 3.69-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:36:57 / 1:36 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2019137008. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019137008. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/05/19 / 2019-05-17 18:36:57 / May 17, 2019 @ 6:36 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 94 km (58 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -68.188° West, 19.0758° North, depth 94 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days five hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 59 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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