A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Unique identifier: pr16276007. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16276007. Exact location of earthquake, -68.1825° West, 19.038° North, depth 52 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/10/16 / 2016-10-02 12:00:18 / October 2, 2016 @ 12:00 pm. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:00:18 / 7:00 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 52 km (32 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, Punta Cana.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days two hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 55 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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