A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 06:26:56 / 6:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -68.1141 West, latitude 19.1516 North, depth = 16.911 km. Unique identifier: us7000q8d1. Ids that are associated to the event: pt25175002, us7000q8d1. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/06/25 / 2025-06-24 06:26:56 / June 24, 2025 @ 6:26 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.911 km (11 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, Punta Cana. The epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 70 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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