A minor earthquake magnitude 3.29 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact location of event, longitude -68.0071 West, latitude 19.0006 North, depth = 101 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/11/19 / 2019-11-16 02:31:07 / November 16, 2019 @ 2:31 am. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019320001. Unique identifier: pr2019320001. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 101 km (63 miles). The temblor was detected at 21:31:07 / 9:31 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 63 km (39 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Otra Banda, Punta Cana.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days ninety-one and in the last 365 days nine hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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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. 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: 62 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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