A minor earthquake magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -67.7506 West, latitude 18.902 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 20:47:19 / 8:47 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2020030024. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020030024. Global time and date of event 30/01/20 / 2020-01-30 01:47:19 / January 30, 2020 @ 1:47 am UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days sixty-eight and in the last 365 days one thousand and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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