A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) was reported 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. Exact location of event, depth 155 km, -68.3416° West, 18.367° North. The 3.21-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:17:33 / 7:17 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/05/19 / 2019-05-28 23:17:33 / May 28, 2019 @ 11:17 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 155 km (96 miles). Event id: pr2019148012. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019148012.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guaymate, La Romana, Salvaleón de Higüey (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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