A minor earthquake magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 110 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (68 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.9885 West, latitude 19.5018 North, depth = 37 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/01/19 / 2019-01-05 01:56:58 / January 5, 2019 @ 1:56 am. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019005001. Unique identifier: pr2019005001. The temblor was picked up at 20:56:58 / 8:56 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 110 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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