A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -67.9367° West, latitude 18.8553° North, depth = 47 km. Id of earthquake: pr15201012. Event ids that are associated: pr15201012. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/07/15 / 2015-07-20 16:48:53 / July 20, 2015 @ 4:48 pm. The temblor was reported at 11:48:53 / 11:48 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana. Event epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fifty-seven, in the past 30 days sixty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 57 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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