A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 84 km (52 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -67.7565 West, latitude 18.8229 North, depth = 84 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/08/15 / 2015-08-09 09:18:18 / August 9, 2015 @ 9:18 am UTC/GMT. Event id: pr15221005. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15221005. The temblor was reported at 04:18:18 / 4:18 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (46 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguada, Aguadilla, Rincón (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days ninety-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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