A minor earthquake magnitude 3.24 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 93 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (58 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/01/19 / 2019-01-30 21:02:53 / January 30, 2019 @ 9:02 pm. The temblor was reported at 16:02:53 / 4:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -68.1735° West, 19.397° North, depth 93 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 93 km (58 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019030026. Id of event: pr2019030026.
In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days sixty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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: 93 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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