A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.14 (ml/mb) was reported 114 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (71 miles) on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018327016. Id of event: pr2018327016. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 135 km (84 miles). The temblor was reported at 17:20:57 / 5:20 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/11/18 / 2018-11-23 22:20:57 / November 23, 2018 @ 10:20 pm. Exact location of event, depth 135 km, -67.9038° West, 19.5008° North.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 114 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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