A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 23 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:19:18 / 8:19 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pr15270016. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15270016. Exact location of event, longitude -67.874 West, latitude 18.8094 North, depth = 23 km. Global time and date of event 27/09/15 / 2015-09-27 01:19:18 / September 27, 2015 @ 1:19 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Cana. Event epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 61 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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