A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Saturday. Event id: pr15220002. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15220002. The temblor was reported at 00:53:55 / 12:53 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 25 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/08/15 / 2015-08-08 05:53:55 / August 8, 2015 @ 5:53 am. Exact location of event, longitude -67.9425 West, latitude 18.9619 North, depth = 25 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 64 km (40 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days eighty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 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: 64 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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