A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:48:57 / 1:48 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr15198013. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15198013. Exact location, longitude -67.8052° West, latitude 18.735° North, depth = 88 km. Global time and date of event 17/07/15 / 2015-07-17 06:48:57 / July 17, 2015 @ 6:48 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 88 km (55 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguadilla, Aguada, Rincón (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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: 65 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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