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Minor earthquake 2.9 mag, 75 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

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Earthquake location 19.1548S, -68.0224WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The epicenter was at a depth of 4.695 km (3 miles). The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:25:43 / 3:25 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q8c7. Id of event: us7000q8c7. Exact location of event, longitude -68.0224 West, latitude 19.1548 North, depth = 4.695 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/06/25 / 2025-06-24 03:25:43 / June 24, 2025 @ 3:25 am.

Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 75 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.0224° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1548° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4.695 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 75 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-06-24 03:25:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-24 03:33:37 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 129 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.722 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 187 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000q8c7 Id of event.
Event Code 7000q8c7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000q8c7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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