A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth 98 km, -67.9264° West, 18.1818° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/09/15 / 2015-09-09 05:50:10 / September 9, 2015 @ 5:50 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: pr15252004. Event ids that are associated: pr15252004. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 98 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:50:10 / 12:50 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 67 km (42 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Puerto Real (c. 6 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Puerto Real, Rincón, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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