A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 84 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (52 miles). Exact location, longitude -67.8265° West, latitude 19.106° North, depth = 46 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/08/15 / 2015-08-13 19:42:20 / August 13, 2015 @ 7:42 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 46 km (29 miles). The temblor was reported at 14:42:20 / 2:42 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15225018. Id of event: pr15225018.
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days ninety-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 84 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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