A minor earthquake magnitude 3.47 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 116 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (72 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 14 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr2019240011. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019240011. The temblor was picked up at 13:49:17 / 1:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 14 km, -67.8841° West, 19.5135° North. Global time and date of event 28/08/19 / 2019-08-28 18:49:17 / August 28, 2019 @ 6:49 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 116 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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