A minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.0558 West, latitude 18.7615 North, depth = 82 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019331014. Id of event: pr2019331014. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 82 km (51 miles). The temblor was reported at 15:32:21 / 3:32 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/11/19 / 2019-11-27 20:32:21 / November 27, 2019 @ 8:32 pm.
Nearby 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 San Rafael del Yuma, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda. The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirty-three, in the past 30 days eighty-one and in the last 365 days nine hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 41 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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