A minor earthquake magnitude 3.37 (ml/mb) strikes 137 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (85 miles) on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/06/18 / 2018-06-29 04:27:00 / June 29, 2018 @ 4:27 am. Exact location of event, longitude -67.777 West, latitude 19.674 North, depth = 70 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 70 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.37-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:27:00 / 11:27 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018180000. Id of event: pr2018180000.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 137 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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