A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/07/19 / 2019-07-01 20:29:36 / July 1, 2019 @ 8:29 pm. Id of earthquake: pr2019182012. Event ids that are associated: pr2019182012. The temblor was detected at 15:29:36 / 3:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -68.134° West, 18.3918° North, depth 101 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 101 km (63 miles).
The epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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