A minor earthquake magnitude 3.28 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 90 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (56 miles). Exact location, longitude -67.9828° West, latitude 19.2905° North, depth = 29 km. The temblor was picked up at 22:47:14 / 10:47 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 29 km (18 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/01/20 / 2020-01-01 03:47:14 / January 1, 2020 @ 3:47 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020001093. Id of event: pr2020001093.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days seventy-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and four and in the last 365 days one thousand earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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