A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The temblor was detected at 13:36:12 / 1:36 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24 km (15 miles). Id of earthquake: pr15271012. Event ids that are associated: pr15271012. Global time and date of event 28/09/15 / 2015-09-28 18:36:12 / September 28, 2015 @ 6:36 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -67.7683° West, latitude 18.943° North, depth = 24 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 78 km (49 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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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