A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 70 km (43 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/09/15 / 2015-09-16 00:08:13 / September 16, 2015 @ 12:08 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15259000. Id of event: pr15259000. Exact location of event, longitude -68.0951 West, latitude 18.1292 North, depth = 70 km. The temblor was picked up at 19:08:13 / 7:08 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 60 km (37 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Yuma, Punta Cana.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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