A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 90 km N of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (56 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/02/19 / 2019-02-05 07:40:18 / February 5, 2019 @ 7:40 am. The temblor was picked up at 02:40:18 / 2:40 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 50 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019036020. Id of event: pr2019036020. Exact location of earthquake, -68.2831° West, 19.392° North, depth 50 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days fifty-five, in the past 30 days eighty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 90 km N of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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