A minor earthquake magnitude 3.46 (ml/mb) strikes 88 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (55 miles) on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/09/20 / 2020-09-09 00:13:31 / September 9, 2020 @ 12:13 am. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020253000. Unique identifier: pr2020253000. The temblor was detected at 00:13:31 / 12:13 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 4 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -67.8115° West, 19.148° North, depth 4 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days one thousand, one hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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