A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 83 km NE of Miches, Dominican Republic (52 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.4098 West, latitude 19.434 North, depth = 39 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/02/19 / 2019-02-07 23:33:24 / February 7, 2019 @ 11:33 pm. Id of earthquake: pr2019038024. Event ids that are associated: pr2019038024. The temblor was reported at 18:33:24 / 6:33 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seventy-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and one and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 83 km NE of Miches, Dominican Republic.
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