A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 97 km (60 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15322003. Id of event: pr15322003. The temblor was detected at 05:50:44 / 5:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.2573 West, latitude 18.5387 North, depth = 97 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/11/15 / 2015-11-18 09:50:44 / November 18, 2015 @ 9:50 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Romana, Guaymate, Salvaleón de Higüey. Event epicenter was 76 km (48 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 16 km ESE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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