A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Global time and date of event 05/08/15 / 2015-08-05 15:54:12 / August 5, 2015 @ 3:54 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 103 km (64 miles). Exact location, longitude -68.029° West, latitude 18.447° North, depth = 103 km. The temblor was picked up at 10:54:12 / 10:54 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr15217027. Unique identifier: pr15217027.
Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days eighty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 42 km ESE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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