A minor earthquake magnitude 3.07 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 83 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (52 miles). The temblor was picked up at 20:25:36 / 8:25 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 26 km (16 miles). Exact location, longitude -67.866° West, latitude 19.1375° North, depth = 26 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/12/19 / 2019-12-17 01:25:36 / December 17, 2019 @ 1:25 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019351001. Id of event: pr2019351001.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days fifty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirteen and in the last 365 days nine hundred and seventeen 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: 83 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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