A minor earthquake magnitude 3.39 (ml/mb) strikes 110 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (68 miles) on Wednesday. Unique identifier: pr2019324029. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019324029. Exact location of event, longitude -68.1553 West, latitude 19.5555 North, depth = 16 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16 km (10 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/11/19 / 2019-11-20 23:07:28 / November 20, 2019 @ 11:07 pm. The 3.39-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:07:28 / 6:07 pm (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 earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days fifty-six and in the last 365 days six hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 110 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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