A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) strikes 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Thursday. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/01/20 / 2020-01-30 06:01:15 / January 30, 2020 @ 6:01 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us60007jtn. Ids that are associated to the event: us60007jtn. The temblor was reported at 01:01:15 / 1:01 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -67.8344° West, 19.103° North.
Event epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days fifty-two and in the last 365 days one thousand and twenty-one 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.
How would you describe the shaking?
Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 83 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
Copyright © 2020 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply