A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Cabarete in Dominican Republic on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -70.3697° West, 19.9455° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/06/15 / 2015-06-29 04:15:14 / June 29, 2015 @ 4:15 am. Id of earthquake: us10002ma0. Event ids that are associated: us10002ma0. The temblor was picked up at 00:15:14 / 12:15 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 65 km (40 miles) from Santiago de los Caballeros (c. 1 200 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Puerto Plata (c. 146 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from San Francisco de Macorís (c. 124 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Concepción de La Vega (c. 102 400 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Moca (c. 61 800 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Mao (c. 48 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rincón, Fantino, Jima Abajo (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 22 km N of Cabarete, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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