A minor earthquake magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact location of earthquake, -68.2155° West, 18.5145° North, depth 105 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 105 km (65 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.02-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:13:19 / 1:13 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2019273029. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019273029. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/09/19 / 2019-09-30 17:13:19 / September 30, 2019 @ 5:13 pm.
Event epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days five hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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