A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Unique identifier: pr15200008. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15200008. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/07/15 / 2015-07-19 05:44:34 / July 19, 2015 @ 5:44 am. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:44:34 / 12:44 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 77 km (48 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -67.8141 West, latitude 18.7401 North, depth = 77 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguadilla, Aguada, Rincón (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (40 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days fifty, in the past 30 days sixty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 64 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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