A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 81 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (50 miles). Event id: pr2018011007. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018011007. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.7686 West, latitude 19.001 North, depth = 49 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/01/18 / 2018-01-11 07:07:42 / January 11, 2018 @ 7:07 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 49 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 02:07:42 / 2:07 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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