Light mag. 2.9 earthquake - Provincia Espaillat, 81 km northeast of Haiti Island, Dominican Republic, on Tuesday, Jan 18, 2022 at 5:03 am (GMT -4) -
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Light magnitude 2.9 earthquake at 4 km depth
18 Jan 12:18 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 3 hours.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Jan 18, 2022 09:03:27 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Tuesday, Jan 18, 2022 at 5:03 am (GMT -4) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 2.9 |
| Depth | 4.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 19.55°N / 70.49°W  (Jamao Al Norte, Provincia Espaillat, Dominican Republic) |
| Antipode | 19.55°S / 109.51°E |
| Shaking intensity | Weak shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 135 km (84 mi) NNW of Santo Domingo (Nacional) (pop: 2,201,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 1.4 x 109 joules (392 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.338 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 2.9 | 4 km | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | EMSC |
User reports for this quake
At magnitude 2.9, this quake might have been felt very close to the epicenter and under calm conditions.User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
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