A minor earthquake magnitude 3.31 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Global time and date of event 01/01/20 / 2020-01-01 14:58:03 / January 1, 2020 @ 2:58 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 09:58:03 / 9:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.845 West, latitude 19.0531 North, depth = 11 km. Id of earthquake: pr2020001014. Event ids that are associated: pr2020001014. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11 km (7 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Cana. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, 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 thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 78 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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