A minor earthquake magnitude 3.03 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 117 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (73 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 41 km (25 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/02/19 / 2019-02-05 13:42:59 / February 5, 2019 @ 1:42 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: pr2019036031. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019036031. The 3.03-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:42:59 / 8:42 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -68.082 West, latitude 19.5978 North, depth = 41 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days sixty-two, in the past 30 days eighty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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