A minor earthquake magnitude 3.04 (ml/mb) strikes 82 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (51 miles) on Sunday. The 3.04-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:46:26 / 2:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.7763 West, latitude 19.0293 North, depth = 38 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/12/19 / 2019-12-22 07:46:26 / December 22, 2019 @ 7:46 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: pr2019356021. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019356021. The epicenter was at a depth of 38 km (24 miles).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days one hundred and two, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-nine and in the last 365 days nine hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 82 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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