A minor earthquake magnitude 3.36 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 110 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (68 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/01/18 / 2018-01-06 04:39:17 / January 6, 2018 @ 4:39 am. The temblor was detected at 23:39:17 / 11:39 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 84 km (52 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -67.9291° West, 19.4686° North, depth 84 km. Unique identifier: pr2018006002. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018006002.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 110 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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