A minor earthquake magnitude 3.17 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/01/20 / 2020-01-01 09:12:26 / January 1, 2020 @ 9:12 am. The temblor was detected at 04:12:26 / 4:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -68.0741 West, latitude 19.1318 North, depth = 37 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 37 km (23 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2020001140. Event ids that are associated: pr2020001140.
Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-four, in the last 10 days eighty-one, in the past 30 days two hundred and fourteen and in the last 365 days one thousand and fourty-eight 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 70 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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