A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 92 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (57 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/06/20 / 2020-06-17 03:11:37 / June 17, 2020 @ 3:11 am. The temblor was picked up at 03:11:37 / 3:11 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2020169002. Event ids that are associated: us6000ad8i, pr2020169002. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.7163 West, latitude 19.0945 North, depth = 7 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days fifty-two and in the last 365 days one thousand, one hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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: 92 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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