A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The 2.94-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:48:35 / 5:48 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2020001160. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020001160. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/01/20 / 2020-01-01 10:48:35 / January 1, 2020 @ 10:48 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.8006 West, latitude 18.982 North, depth = 10 km.
The epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Cana. Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days eighty-four, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty and in the last 365 days one thousand and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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