A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 84 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (52 miles) on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 57 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 01:37:13 / 1:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -67.7639° West, latitude 19.0412° North, depth = 57 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15198010. Unique identifier: pr15198010. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/07/15 / 2015-07-17 06:37:13 / July 17, 2015 @ 6:37 am UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 84 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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