A minor earthquake magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/01/20 / 2020-01-01 12:48:27 / January 1, 2020 @ 12:48 pm. Event id: pr2020001011. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020001011. The epicenter was at a depth of 13 km (8 miles). The temblor was detected at 07:48:27 / 7:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.8251 West, latitude 18.9801 North, depth = 13 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days sixty, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-seven and in the last 365 days one thousand and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 75 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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