A minor earthquake magnitude 3.27 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 83 km N of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (52 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -68.2758° West, 19.3305° North, depth 52 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/01/19 / 2019-01-31 08:20:11 / January 31, 2019 @ 8:20 am. Unique identifier: pr2019031017. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019031017. The temblor was reported at 03:20:11 / 3:20 am (local time epicenter).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days thirty-three, in the past 30 days sixty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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