A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The temblor was picked up at 00:06:04 / 12:06 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 101.43 km (63 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/05/25 / 2025-05-06 00:06:04 / May 6, 2025 @ 12:06 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -68.028166666667° West, latitude 18.278° North, depth = 101.43 km. Event id: pr71481503. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71481503.
The epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rincón, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop). 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. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 52 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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