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Minor earthquake, 3.36 mag was detected near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

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A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.36 (ml/mb) was reported 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. The 3.36-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:31:31 / 12:31 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 24/06/25 / 2025-06-24 12:31:31 / June 24, 2025 @ 12:31 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 41.93 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71486848. Id of event: pr71486848. Exact location of event, longitude -68.272 West, latitude 18.963166666667 North, depth = 41.93 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Miches, San Rafael del Yuma, Salvaleón de Higüey (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty, in the last 10 days thirty-three, in the past 30 days fourty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 44 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.36 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.272° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.963166666667° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	41.93 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	44 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 12:31:31	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-06-24 16:41:52	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.3	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	174	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	pr	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pr,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	9	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.4581	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.58 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	181	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	md	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	pr71486848	Id of event.
Event Code	71486848	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr71486848,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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