A minor earthquake magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22 km (14 miles). Event id: pr2019350031. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019350031. The temblor was picked up at 17:53:42 / 5:53 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -67.8828 West, latitude 19.0251 North, depth = 22 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/12/19 / 2019-12-16 22:53:42 / December 16, 2019 @ 10:53 pm.
Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days fifty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-three and in the last 365 days nine hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each 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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