A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact location of event, depth 16.634 km, -68.0993° West, 19.1006° North. Global time and date of event 24/06/25 / 2025-06-24 09:32:20 / June 24, 2025 @ 9:32 am UTC/GMT. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:32:20 / 9:32 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000q8e2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q8e2. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 16.634 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Otra Banda, Punta Cana.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 65 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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