A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) strikes 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.1829 West, latitude 18.995 North, depth = 35 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/02/19 / 2019-02-01 21:48:51 / February 1, 2019 @ 9:48 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jc65. Unique identifier: us2000jc65. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The temblor was reported at 16:48:51 / 4:48 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Rafael del Yuma, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Event epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days seventy-seven and in the last 365 days five hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 51 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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