A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 102 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (63 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -67.7665 West, latitude 19.279 North, depth = 40 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/01/20 / 2020-01-01 08:50:53 / January 1, 2020 @ 8:50 am. The temblor was reported at 03:50:53 / 3:50 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2020001133. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020001133. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40 km (25 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days seventy-nine, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifteen and in the last 365 days one thousand and six 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 102 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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