A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.07 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 19 km (12 miles). The temblor was reported at 05:37:11 / 5:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -67.8278° West, latitude 18.975° North, depth = 19 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/12/19 / 2019-12-26 10:37:11 / December 26, 2019 @ 10:37 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: pr2019360010. Event ids that are associated: pr2019360010.
Epicenter of the event was 75 km (46 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Cana.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighty-nine and in the last 365 days one thousand and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 74 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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