A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.24 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The temblor was detected at 13:53:19 / 1:53 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/12/19 / 2019-12-28 18:53:19 / December 28, 2019 @ 6:53 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26 km (16 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -67.948 West, latitude 19.118 North, depth = 26 km. Unique identifier: pr2019362017. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019362017.
Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seventy-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-three and in the last 365 days one thousand and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 76 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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