A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Saturday. Id of earthquake: pr2019356001. Event ids that are associated: pr2019356001. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.9438 West, latitude 19.1435 North, depth = 28 km. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:37:31 / 10:37 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 22/12/19 / 2019-12-22 03:37:31 / December 22, 2019 @ 3:37 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days ninety, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-nine and in the last 365 days nine hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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. 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: 78 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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