A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) was reported 78 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (48 miles) on Tuesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/02/19 / 2019-02-13 03:48:21 / February 13, 2019 @ 3:48 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 64 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -68.0623° West, latitude 19.2155° North, depth = 64 km. Unique identifier: pr2019044005. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019044005. The temblor was picked up at 22:48:21 / 10:48 pm (local time epicenter).
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fourty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 78 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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