A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Monday. Id of earthquake: pt19036050. Event ids that are associated: pt19036050. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/02/19 / 2019-02-05 04:07:25 / February 5, 2019 @ 4:07 am. Exact location of earthquake, -68.073° West, 19.214° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was detected at 23:07:25 / 11:07 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 94 km (59 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days fourty-eight, in the past 30 days seventy-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 78 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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