A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 21:44:47 / 9:44 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/07/15 / 2015-07-19 02:44:47 / July 19, 2015 @ 2:44 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.796 West, latitude 18.9179 North, depth = 84 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15200001. Id of event: pr15200001. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 84 km (52 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Cana. Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days fourty-nine, in the past 30 days fifty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 74 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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