A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.66 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 33 km (21 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/06/20 / 2020-06-29 12:10:08 / June 29, 2020 @ 12:10 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -67.7253 West, latitude 18.99 North, depth = 33 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000aeaf, pr2020181006. Unique identifier: pr2020181006. The 3.66-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:10:08 / 12:10 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Cana. Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days sixty-three and in the last 365 days one thousand, one hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 84 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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