A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.27 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 115 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (71 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 67 km (42 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.8908 West, latitude 19.5088 North, depth = 67 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/08/19 / 2019-08-02 05:36:12 / August 2, 2019 @ 5:36 am. Id of earthquake: pr2019214002. Event ids that are associated: pr2019214002. The 3.27-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:36:12 / 12:36 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 115 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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