A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 83 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (52 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/02/20 / 2020-02-02 01:37:53 / February 2, 2020 @ 1:37 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 20:37:53 / 8:37 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007mgu. Id of event: us60007mgu. Exact location of earthquake, -67.756° West, 19.0187° North, depth 10 km.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days fifty-two, in the past 30 days fifty-six and in the last 365 days one thousand and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 83 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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