A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 85 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (53 miles) on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/07/15 / 2015-07-17 10:03:25 / July 17, 2015 @ 10:03 am. Unique identifier: pr15198030. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15198030. The epicenter was at a depth of 38 km (24 miles). Exact location, longitude -67.7761° West, latitude 19.0697° North, depth = 38 km. The temblor was detected at 05:03:25 / 5:03 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-eight, in the last 10 days thirty-three, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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