A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 78 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (48 miles). Exact location, longitude -67.8428° West, latitude 19.052° North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 10:28:45 / 10:28 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/01/20 / 2020-01-31 15:28:45 / January 31, 2020 @ 3:28 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020031026. Id of event: pr2020031026.
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirty-three, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days one thousand and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 78 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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