A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Friday. The temblor was reported at 17:18:47 / 5:18 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 24 km, -67.9485° West, 19.059° North. Event id: pr15198036. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15198036. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 24 km (15 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/07/15 / 2015-07-17 22:18:47 / July 17, 2015 @ 10:18 pm UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 72 km (44 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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