A minor earthquake magnitude 3.05 (ml/mb) strikes 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 28/08/19 / 2019-08-28 09:40:27 / August 28, 2019 @ 9:40 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: pr2019240007. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019240007. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 107 km (66 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -68.1833° West, 18.36° North, depth 107 km. The 3.05-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:40:27 / 4:40 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Event epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, San Rafael del Yuma.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 33 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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