A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.9552 West, latitude 19.044 North, depth = 17 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 17 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 22:27:02 / 10:27 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr16296001. Unique identifier: pr16296001. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/10/16 / 2016-10-22 03:27:02 / October 22, 2016 @ 3:27 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Cana. Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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: 69 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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