A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) was reported 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -68.2561° West, 18.8735° North, depth 25 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2017272001. Unique identifier: pr2017272001. The 2.88-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:15:30 / 2:15 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 29/09/17 / 2017-09-29 07:15:30 / September 29, 2017 @ 7:15 am UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Yuma, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda. The epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 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: 35 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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