A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Saturday. Event id: pr16226008. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16226008. Exact location of event, depth 88 km, -68.1072° West, 18.1895° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 88 km (55 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/08/16 / 2016-08-13 12:14:08 / August 13, 2016 @ 12:14 pm. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:14:08 / 7:14 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 54 km (33 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Yuma, Punta Cana.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 53 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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