A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 103 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (64 miles). Event id: pr2019222013. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019222013. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/08/19 / 2019-08-10 16:05:02 / August 10, 2019 @ 4:05 pm. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:05:02 / 11:05 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -67.9843° West, latitude 19.4316° North, depth = 88 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 88 km (55 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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