A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 100 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (62 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of event, depth 83 km, -67.8215° West, 19.3021° North. Global time and date of event 06/02/19 / 2019-02-06 00:49:11 / February 6, 2019 @ 12:49 am UTC/GMT. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:49:11 / 7:49 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 83 km (52 miles). Unique identifier: pr2019037003. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019037003.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-four, in the last 10 days sixty-nine, in the past 30 days ninety-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 100 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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