A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 78 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (48 miles) on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -67.7762° West, 18.9591° North, depth 35 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15270018. Id of event: pr15270018. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/09/15 / 2015-09-27 00:47:29 / September 27, 2015 @ 12:47 am. The temblor was picked up at 19:47:29 / 7:47 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 78 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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