A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Id of earthquake: us6000ngkd. Event ids that are associated: us6000ngkd. Global time and date of event 29/07/24 / 2024-07-29 01:03:41 / July 29, 2024 @ 1:03 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.2492 West, latitude 19.1519 North, depth = 35 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The temblor was detected at 01:03:41 / 1:03 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, Punta Cana. Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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. 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: 65 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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