A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:37:34 / 5:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -68.0149° West, 19.0368° North, depth 27 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/07/15 / 2015-07-17 10:37:34 / July 17, 2015 @ 10:37 am. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15198004. Unique identifier: pr15198004.
Epicenter of the event was 65 km (40 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Otra Banda, Punta Cana.
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 64 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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