A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:06:36 / 9:06 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -67.9756° West, latitude 19.0347° North, depth = 69 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15199004. Unique identifier: pr15199004. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/07/15 / 2015-07-18 02:06:36 / July 18, 2015 @ 2:06 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 69 km (43 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 68 km (42 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana. Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days thirty-seven, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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