A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/11/15 / 2015-11-17 14:53:27 / November 17, 2015 @ 2:53 pm. The temblor was reported at 09:53:27 / 9:53 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 92 km (57 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -68.1461° West, latitude 18.2607° North, depth = 92 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15321006. Unique identifier: pr15321006.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 44 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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