A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.55 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2025103000. Id of event: pr2025103000. The temblor was picked up at 22:09:48 / 10:09 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.1128 West, latitude 18.9751 North, depth = 21 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21 km (13 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/04/25 / 2025-04-13 22:09:48 / April 13, 2025 @ 10:09 pm.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Rafael del Yuma, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda. Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 53 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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