A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The epicenter was at a depth of 34 km (21 miles). The temblor was reported at 21:41:22 / 9:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.0325 West, latitude 19.1534 North, depth = 34 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15198000. Id of event: pr15198000. Global time and date of event 17/07/15 / 2015-07-17 02:41:22 / July 17, 2015 @ 2:41 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Cana. Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 75 km (46 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop).
Each 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 74 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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