A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Monday. Unique identifier: pr15215011. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15215011. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.994 West, latitude 18.9206 North, depth = 24 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 24 km (15 miles). The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:28:56 / 6:28 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/08/15 / 2015-08-03 23:28:56 / August 3, 2015 @ 11:28 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Otra Banda, Punta Cana. Event epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days eighty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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 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: 57 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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