A minor earthquake magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) strikes 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 97 km (60 miles). Event id: pr2019093007. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019093007. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/04/19 / 2019-04-03 22:03:29 / April 3, 2019 @ 10:03 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 17:03:29 / 5:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 97 km, -67.9848° West, 18.9386° North.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Otra Banda, Punta Cana. The epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 twelve, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days six hundred and twelve 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 59 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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