A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.69 (ml/mb) was reported 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Thursday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/01/20 / 2020-01-02 13:19:31 / January 2, 2020 @ 1:19 pm. The temblor was reported at 08:19:31 / 8:19 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 159 km, -68.1976° West, 18.31° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020002026. Id of event: pr2020002026. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 159 km (99 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Romana, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days thirty-three, in the past 30 days eighty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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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