A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 104 km (65 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr16300002. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16300002. Exact location of event, depth 104 km, -68.0525° West, 18.1886° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/10/16 / 2016-10-26 09:07:32 / October 26, 2016 @ 9:07 am UTC/GMT. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:07:32 / 4:07 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Yuma, Punta Cana.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 57 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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