A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.7946 West, latitude 18.8237 North, depth = 77 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/07/15 / 2015-07-16 10:52:57 / July 16, 2015 @ 10:52 am UTC/GMT. Event id: pr15197012. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15197012. The temblor was picked up at 05:52:57 / 5:52 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 77 km (48 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (43 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-five 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 69 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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