A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 89 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (55 miles) on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 71 km (44 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.74 West, latitude 19.083 North, depth = 71 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15196015. Unique identifier: pr15196015. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/07/15 / 2015-07-15 13:01:57 / July 15, 2015 @ 1:01 pm. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:01:57 / 8:01 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 89 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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