A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 62 km (39 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/09/15 / 2015-09-15 09:31:50 / September 15, 2015 @ 9:31 am. Unique identifier: pr15258004. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15258004. Exact location of event, longitude -67.9414 West, latitude 19.0419 North, depth = 62 km. The temblor was detected at 04:31:50 / 4:31 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Close 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.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 70 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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