A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 92 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (57 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/07/15 / 2015-07-16 18:43:57 / July 16, 2015 @ 6:43 pm. Exact location, longitude -67.7202° West, latitude 19.1056° North, depth = 48 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 48 km (30 miles). The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:43:57 / 1:43 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15197015. Id of event: pr15197015.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 92 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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