A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.13 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 105 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (65 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 67 km (42 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/02/19 / 2019-02-04 20:16:54 / February 4, 2019 @ 8:16 pm. Exact location, longitude -68.1596° West, latitude 19.5045° North, depth = 67 km. The 3.13-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:16:54 / 3:16 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2019035012. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019035012.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fourty-five, in the past 30 days seventy-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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