A minor earthquake magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 84 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (52 miles). The temblor was picked up at 01:12:12 / 1:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/01/20 / 2020-01-02 06:12:12 / January 2, 2020 @ 6:12 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020002011. Id of event: pr2020002011. Exact location of earthquake, -67.9646° West, 19.2151° North, depth 38 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 38 km (24 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days sixty, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-four and in the last 365 days one thousand and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 84 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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