A minor earthquake magnitude 3.32 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/05/20 / 2020-05-07 13:34:17 / May 7, 2020 @ 1:34 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020128022. Unique identifier: pr2020128022. The 3.32-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:34:17 / 8:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 25 km, -67.8778° West, 19.0585° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25 km (16 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days sixty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and two and in the last 365 days one thousand and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
Did you feel anything?
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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 76 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
Copyright © 2020 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply