A minor earthquake magnitude 3.22 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 133 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (83 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/11/19 / 2019-11-02 22:52:39 / November 2, 2019 @ 10:52 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -67.819 West, latitude 19.6508 North, depth = 40 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 40 km (25 miles). The temblor was picked up at 17:52:39 / 5:52 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019306013. Id of event: pr2019306013.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-six and in the last 365 days seven hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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