A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr17013001. Id of event: pr17013001. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/01/17 / 2017-01-13 03:06:13 / January 13, 2017 @ 3:06 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 115 km (71 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 22:06:13 / 10:06 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -67.9134 West, latitude 18.201 North, depth = 115 km.
The epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Cabo Rojo (c. 10 800 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Puerto Real (c. 6 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hormigueros, Añasco, Cabo Rojo.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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 thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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: 66 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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