A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported 92 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (57 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.7975 West, latitude 19.1819 North, depth = 54 km. Global time and date of event 04/11/15 / 2015-11-04 23:51:11 / November 4, 2015 @ 11:51 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 54 km (34 miles). Event id: pr15308011. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15308011. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:51:11 / 6:51 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 92 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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