A minor earthquake magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 95 km (59 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/12/19 / 2019-12-11 02:48:28 / December 11, 2019 @ 2:48 am. The 2.94-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:48:28 / 9:48 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2019345002. Event ids that are associated: pr2019345002. Exact location of event, longitude -67.8491 West, latitude 18.5496 North, depth = 95 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (36 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aguadilla, Aguada, Rincón (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days eighty-six and in the last 365 days eight hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 58 km E of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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