A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Event id: us700090e6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700090e6. The temblor was reported at 06:45:17 / 6:45 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 82.86 km (51 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -68.0618° West, 18.5395° North, depth 82.86 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/04/20 / 2020-04-20 11:45:17 / April 20, 2020 @ 11:45 am.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salvaleón de Higüey, San Rafael del Yuma, Otra Banda. The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days eight hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 36 km E of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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