A minor earthquake magnitude 3.31 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 118 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (73 miles). Exact location, longitude -67.915° West, latitude 19.5425° North, depth = 40 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 40 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019034006. Unique identifier: pr2019034006. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/02/19 / 2019-02-03 07:11:11 / February 3, 2019 @ 7:11 am. The 3.31-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:11:11 / 2:11 am (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days seventy-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 118 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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