A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.7622 West, latitude 18.9598 North, depth = 75 km. The temblor was picked up at 14:29:05 / 2:29 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 75 km (47 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/07/15 / 2015-07-16 19:29:05 / July 16, 2015 @ 7:29 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: pr15197028. Event ids that are associated: pr15197028.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (49 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 79 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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