A minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Otra Banda in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. Global time and date of event 23/01/19 / 2019-01-23 00:55:12 / January 23, 2019 @ 12:55 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019023000. Id of event: pr2019023000. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 119 km (74 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -68.6885° West, 18.7771° North, depth 119 km. The 2.96-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:55:12 / 8:55 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Valle, San Pedro de Macorís, Hato Mayor del Rey (min 5000 pop).
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 twenty-three, in the past 30 days fifty-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-seven 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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