A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact location of earthquake, -67.7788° West, 18.9046° North, depth 80 km. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:25:03 / 10:25 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/08/15 / 2015-08-13 15:25:03 / August 13, 2015 @ 3:25 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15225012. Unique identifier: pr15225012. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 80 km (50 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days ninety-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 75 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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