A minor earthquake magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/08/19 / 2019-08-19 13:11:58 / August 19, 2019 @ 1:11 pm. The 2.93-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:11:58 / 8:11 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019231005. Id of event: pr2019231005. Exact location, longitude -68.0676° West, latitude 18.97° North, depth = 54 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 54 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, Punta Cana. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop).
Every 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 two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days five hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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