A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 72 km (45 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/07/15 / 2015-07-24 06:31:26 / July 24, 2015 @ 6:31 am. Exact location, longitude -67.7738° West, latitude 18.9326° North, depth = 72 km. Id of earthquake: pr15205006. Event ids that are associated: pr15205006. The temblor was reported at 01:31:26 / 1:31 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days sixty-five, in the past 30 days seventy-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 76 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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