A light earthquake magnitude 4.25 (ml/mb) strikes 83 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (52 miles) on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/01/19 / 2019-01-30 16:42:24 / January 30, 2019 @ 4:42 pm. The 4.25-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:42:24 / 11:42 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). Event id: pr2019030017. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt19030052, pr2019030017, us1000is41. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.0658 West, latitude 19.498 North, depth = 12 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days fifty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 83 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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