A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 102 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (63 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 22:00:56 / December 9, 2016 @ 10:00 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -67.769 West, latitude 19.2786 North, depth = 45 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45 km (28 miles). The 3.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:00:56 / 5:00 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pr16344011. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16344011.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 102 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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