A minor earthquake magnitude 3.42 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 92 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (57 miles). The temblor was detected at 00:00:58 / 12:00 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/02/19 / 2019-02-05 05:00:58 / February 5, 2019 @ 5:00 am. Event id: pr2019036002. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019036002. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 79 km (49 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.0766 West, latitude 19.3565 North, depth = 79 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days fourty-nine, in the past 30 days eighty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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