A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/09/19 / 2019-09-13 05:15:34 / September 13, 2019 @ 5:15 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 165 km (103 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:15:34 / 12:15 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2019256002. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019256002. Exact location of event, longitude -67.952 West, latitude 18.3748 North, depth = 165 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Yuma, Rincón, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 52 km ESE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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