A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Thursday. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/06/25 / 2025-06-12 01:45:51 / June 12, 2025 @ 1:45 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 01:45:51 / 1:45 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71485528. Id of event: pr71485528. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 67.51 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -68.2645° West, latitude 18.978833333333° North, depth = 67.51 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Miches, San Rafael del Yuma, Salvaleón de Higüey. Event epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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: 46 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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