A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Thursday. The temblor was picked up at 12:48:58 / 12:48 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/01/17 / 2017-01-05 17:48:58 / January 5, 2017 @ 5:48 pm. Id of earthquake: pr17005003. Event ids that are associated: pr17005003. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 85 km (53 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.1997 West, latitude 18.8206 North, depth = 85 km.
The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Rafael del Yuma, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 34 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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