A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Unique identifier: pr15270028. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15270028. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:14:42 / 11:14 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -67.9765 West, latitude 19.0195 North, depth = 39 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 39 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/09/15 / 2015-09-27 04:14:42 / September 27, 2015 @ 4:14 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana. Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 66 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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