A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The temblor was detected at 02:56:27 / 2:56 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/08/16 / 2016-08-09 07:56:27 / August 9, 2016 @ 7:56 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16222002. Id of event: pr16222002. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 94 km (58 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -67.9595 West, latitude 18.2152 North, depth = 94 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (39 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Yuma, Rincón, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 62 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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