A minor earthquake magnitude 3.33 (ml/mb) strikes 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Thursday. Unique identifier: pr2019094012. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019094012. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 97 km (60 miles). Exact location of event, depth 97 km, -68.0628° West, 18.203° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/04/19 / 2019-04-04 15:08:01 / April 4, 2019 @ 3:08 pm. The temblor was reported at 10:08:01 / 10:08 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-one 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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