A minor earthquake magnitude 3.32 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact location of earthquake, -68.161° West, 18.488° North, depth 104 km. Global time and date of event 19/09/19 / 2019-09-19 06:43:46 / September 19, 2019 @ 6:43 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 02:43:46 / 2:43 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2019262000. Event ids that are associated: pr2019262000. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 104 km (65 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, San Rafael del Yuma. The epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days five hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 27 km ESE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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