A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 42 km (26 miles). The temblor was picked up at 10:26:22 / 10:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -67.9169 West, latitude 18.9354 North, depth = 42 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15208005. Unique identifier: pr15208005. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/07/15 / 2015-07-27 15:26:22 / July 27, 2015 @ 3:26 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana. Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Event epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fourty-one, in the past 30 days seventy-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 64 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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