A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/07/15 / 2015-07-17 01:10:26 / July 17, 2015 @ 1:10 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 31 km (19 miles). Exact location, longitude -67.9968° West, latitude 18.9626° North, depth = 31 km. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:10:26 / 8:10 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pr15198006. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15198006.
Epicenter of the event was 60 km (37 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Otra Banda, Punta Cana. Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-one 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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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 60 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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