A minor earthquake magnitude 3.39 (ml/mb) strikes 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Monday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000b8xc, pr2020216022. Id of event: pr2020216022. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). Exact location of event, depth 11 km, -67.8098° West, 19.0408° North. The 3.39-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:39:43 / 11:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/08/20 / 2020-08-03 23:39:43 / August 3, 2020 @ 11:39 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days one thousand, one hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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 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: 80 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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