A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 76 km (47 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:13:53 / 12:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 76 km, -68.07° West, 19.253° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15238002. Id of event: pr15238002. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/08/15 / 2015-08-26 05:13:53 / August 26, 2015 @ 5:13 am.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 82 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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