A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 89 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (55 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15270003. Id of event: pr15270003. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 58 km (36 miles). Exact location, longitude -67.7475° West, latitude 19.0963° North, depth = 58 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/09/15 / 2015-09-27 02:05:37 / September 27, 2015 @ 2:05 am UTC/GMT. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:05:37 / 9:05 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 89 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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