A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 130 km (81 miles). Id of earthquake: pr15193006. Event ids that are associated: pr15193006. Global time and date of event 12/07/15 / 2015-07-12 21:58:44 / July 12, 2015 @ 9:58 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:58:44 / 4:58 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -68.1235° West, latitude 18.9608° North, depth = 130 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Rafael del Yuma, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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