A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The temblor was reported at 05:51:45 / 5:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -68.4442° West, latitude 18.4244° North, depth = 125 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 125 km (78 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15234010. Id of event: pr15234010. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/08/15 / 2015-08-22 09:51:45 / August 22, 2015 @ 9:51 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 56 km (35 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Guaymate, La Romana (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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