A minor earthquake magnitude 3.48 (ml/mb) strikes 100 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (62 miles) on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/05/20 / 2020-05-06 19:31:44 / May 6, 2020 @ 7:31 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr2020127027. Ids that are associated to the event: us70009bai, pr2020127027. The temblor was detected at 14:31:44 / 2:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -67.813° West, 19.3526° North, depth 52 km.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days sixty-two, in the past 30 days ninety-two and in the last 365 days one thousand and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 100 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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