A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/09/15 / 2015-09-18 11:21:05 / September 18, 2015 @ 11:21 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 73 km (45 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -68.1492° West, 18.7658° North, depth 73 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15261003. Unique identifier: pr15261003. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:21:05 / 6:21 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearby 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 San Rafael del Yuma, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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