A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 108 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (67 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 53 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/01/19 / 2019-01-30 19:22:59 / January 30, 2019 @ 7:22 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019030025. Id of event: pr2019030025. The temblor was detected at 14:22:59 / 2:22 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -68.1508 West, latitude 19.5341 North, depth = 53 km.
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days fifty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. 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: 108 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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