A light earthquake with magnitude 4.41 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Id of earthquake: pr2020160008. Event ids that are associated: us6000a7y1, pr2020160008. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.41-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:47:46 / 5:47 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -67.7393 West, latitude 19.0956 North, depth = 7 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/06/20 / 2020-06-08 17:47:46 / June 8, 2020 @ 5:47 pm.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana. Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days one thousand and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 90 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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