A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.32 (ml/mb) was reported 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/01/20 / 2020-01-30 11:29:09 / January 30, 2020 @ 11:29 am. Exact location of earthquake, -67.8051° West, 18.9935° North, depth 15 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 15 km (9 miles). The temblor was picked up at 06:29:09 / 6:29 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2020030007. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020030007.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana. Epicenter of the event was 78 km (48 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days fifty-six and in the last 365 days one thousand and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 77 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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