A minor earthquake magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 92 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (57 miles). The temblor was picked up at 23:54:59 / 11:54 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -68.0415° West, latitude 19.346° North, depth = 75 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019005004. Id of event: pr2019005004. Global time and date of event 05/01/19 / 2019-01-05 04:54:59 / January 5, 2019 @ 4:54 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 75 km (47 miles).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 92 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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