A minor earthquake magnitude 3.39 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 89 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (55 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -67.856 West, latitude 19.1961 North, depth = 53 km. Event id: pr2020030050. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020030050. The 3.39-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:28:53 / 5:28 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 53 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/01/20 / 2020-01-30 22:28:53 / January 30, 2020 @ 10:28 pm UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days thirty-three, in the past 30 days sixty-nine and in the last 365 days one thousand and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 89 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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