A minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) strikes 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 96 km (60 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/11/19 / 2019-11-29 07:45:59 / November 29, 2019 @ 7:45 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 02:45:59 / 2:45 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -68.0371° West, latitude 18.2445° North, depth = 96 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019333002. Id of event: pr2019333002.
Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Rafael del Yuma, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 54 km (34 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 53 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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