A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Thursday. Global time and date of event 13/08/15 / 2015-08-13 15:48:54 / August 13, 2015 @ 3:48 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 10:48:54 / 10:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -67.9298 West, latitude 18.9447 North, depth = 36 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15225005. Id of event: pr15225005. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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. Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 three hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. 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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