A minor earthquake magnitude 3.29 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 24 km (15 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2017122000. Id of event: pr2017122000. The temblor was detected at 19:15:55 / 7:15 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/05/17 / 2017-05-02 00:15:55 / May 2, 2017 @ 12:15 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -67.989° West, 19.0111° North, depth 24 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Otra Banda, Punta Cana. Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (40 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 64 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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