A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, -68.0583° West, 19.0987° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/06/25 / 2025-06-24 02:50:31 / June 24, 2025 @ 2:50 am. Unique identifier: us7000q8cb. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000q8cb. The temblor was detected at 02:50:31 / 2:50 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Otra Banda, Punta Cana. Epicenter of the earthquake was 68 km (42 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 67 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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