A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/08/15 / 2015-08-03 23:38:09 / August 3, 2015 @ 11:38 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 18:38:09 / 6:38 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pr15215014. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15215014. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 32 km (20 miles). Exact location of event, depth 32 km, -68.0633° West, 18.9407° North.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days eighty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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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: 53 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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