A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) strikes 80 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (50 miles) on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 21:35:09 / 9:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/07/19 / 2019-07-08 02:35:09 / July 8, 2019 @ 2:35 am. Exact location of earthquake, -67.7843° West, 19.011° North, depth 13 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019189000. Unique identifier: pr2019189000.
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days five hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 80 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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