A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019265000. Id of event: pr2019265000. The temblor was detected at 21:49:54 / 9:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/09/19 / 2019-09-22 02:49:54 / September 22, 2019 @ 2:49 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 16 km (10 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -68.0261° West, 18.4558° North, depth 16 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 42 km ESE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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