A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.34 (ml/mb) was reported 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 02:55:46 / 2:55 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019351004. Unique identifier: pr2019351004. Global time and date of event 17/12/19 / 2019-12-17 07:55:46 / December 17, 2019 @ 7:55 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -67.7988 West, latitude 19.0186 North, depth = 24 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days fifty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty and in the last 365 days nine hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 80 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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