A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Friday. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:57:20 / 8:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/07/15 / 2015-07-18 01:57:20 / July 18, 2015 @ 1:57 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 57 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr15199000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15199000. Exact location of event, longitude -68.102 West, latitude 18.985 North, depth = 57 km.
The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, Punta Cana. Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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