A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/07/15 / 2015-07-16 08:44:07 / July 16, 2015 @ 8:44 am. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15197011. Unique identifier: pr15197011. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 100 km (62 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 03:44:07 / 3:44 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -67.8963° West, 18.5216° North, depth 100 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguadilla, Aguada, Rincón (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
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 four, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 54 km E of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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