A minor earthquake magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 86 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (53 miles). Unique identifier: pr2019351005. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019351005. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/12/19 / 2019-12-17 08:56:22 / December 17, 2019 @ 8:56 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.754 West, latitude 19.0513 North, depth = 11 km. The temblor was picked up at 03:56:22 / 3:56 am (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days fifty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and nineteen and in the last 365 days nine hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 86 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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