A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 104 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (65 miles) on Wednesday. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019030019. Unique identifier: pr2019030019. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.18 West, latitude 19.4991 North, depth = 55 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 55 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:42:39 / 12:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/01/19 / 2019-01-30 17:42:39 / January 30, 2019 @ 5:42 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days fifty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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