A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.22 (ml/mb) was reported 123 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (76 miles) on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019031026. Unique identifier: pr2019031026. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 69 km (43 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/01/19 / 2019-01-31 21:38:13 / January 31, 2019 @ 9:38 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -68.1196 West, latitude 19.6661 North, depth = 69 km. The temblor was reported at 16:38:13 / 4:38 pm (local time epicenter).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days thirty-five, in the past 30 days sixty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 123 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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