A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.17 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/09/19 / 2019-09-06 18:39:33 / September 6, 2019 @ 6:39 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019249003. Unique identifier: pr2019249003. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 81 km (50 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 13:39:33 / 1:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -67.8838° West, 18.936° North, depth 81 km.
Event epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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 twenty-four and in the last 365 days five hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. 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: 67 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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