A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/07/15 / 2015-07-24 06:43:17 / July 24, 2015 @ 6:43 am. The temblor was picked up at 01:43:17 / 1:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -67.8259° West, latitude 18.9213° North, depth = 77 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 77 km (48 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr15205003. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15205003.
Close 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. Event epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days sixty-three, in the past 30 days seventy-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 71 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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