A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The temblor was reported at 04:44:28 / 4:44 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr15200009. Event ids that are associated: pr15200009. Exact location, longitude -67.7985° West, latitude 18.8927° North, depth = 83 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/07/15 / 2015-07-19 09:44:28 / July 19, 2015 @ 9:44 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 83 km (52 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days fifty-one, in the past 30 days sixty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 72 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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