A minor earthquake magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/02/19 / 2019-02-16 18:28:55 / February 16, 2019 @ 6:28 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -68.0565 West, latitude 19.0778 North, depth = 54 km. Id of earthquake: pr2019047022. Event ids that are associated: pr2019047022. The temblor was picked up at 13:28:55 / 1:28 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 54 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Otra Banda, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days one hundred and six and in the last 365 days five hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 66 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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