A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact location of event, depth 95 km, -67.955° West, 18.3761° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 95 km (59 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr16293009. Unique identifier: pr16293009. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/10/16 / 2016-10-19 08:46:02 / October 19, 2016 @ 8:46 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 03:46:02 / 3:46 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salvaleón de Higüey, Aguada, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 52 km ESE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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