A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 77 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (48 miles) on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15198037. Id of event: pr15198037. The temblor was detected at 18:34:18 / 6:34 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/07/15 / 2015-07-17 23:34:18 / July 17, 2015 @ 11:34 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29 km (18 miles). Exact location of event, depth 29 km, -67.9154° West, 19.1065° North.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days thirty-nine, in the past 30 days fourty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 77 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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