A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 80 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (50 miles) on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 85 km (53 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/07/15 / 2015-07-17 05:58:07 / July 17, 2015 @ 5:58 am. The temblor was detected at 00:58:07 / 12:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -67.738° West, 18.9449° North, depth 85 km. Unique identifier: pr15198019. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15198019.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 80 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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