A minor earthquake magnitude 3.08 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/09/19 / 2019-09-20 04:07:34 / September 20, 2019 @ 4:07 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019263003. Id of event: pr2019263003. Exact location, longitude -68.2225° West, latitude 18.3975° North, depth = 144 km. The temblor was detected at 00:07:34 / 12:07 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 144 km (89 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 48 km (30 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 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
How would you describe the shaking?
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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 28 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
Copyright © 2019 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply