A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.13 (ml/mb) was reported 88 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (55 miles) on Wednesday. The 3.13-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:03:33 / 12:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/01/19 / 2019-01-30 17:03:33 / January 30, 2019 @ 5:03 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 92 km (57 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.147 West, latitude 19.3423 North, depth = 92 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019030018. Id of event: pr2019030018.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days fifty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 88 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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