A minor earthquake magnitude 3.34 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 88 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (55 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2019038018. Event ids that are associated: pr2019038018. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 102 km (63 miles). The 3.34-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:58:19 / 3:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -68.2121 West, latitude 19.3635 North, depth = 102 km. Global time and date of event 07/02/19 / 2019-02-07 08:58:19 / February 7, 2019 @ 8:58 am UTC/GMT.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seventy-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and one and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 88 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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