A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 23:51:55 / 11:51 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 96 km, -67.8606° West, 18.6651° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 96 km (60 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/07/15 / 2015-07-27 04:51:55 / July 27, 2015 @ 4:51 am. Id of earthquake: pr15208001. Event ids that are associated: pr15208001.
Earthquake epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguadilla, Aguada, Rincón (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fifty, in the past 30 days seventy-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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