A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.67 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.3296 West, latitude 19.0415 North, depth = 57 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 57 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.67-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:15:20 / 3:15 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2025175002. Event ids that are associated: us7000q8c3, pr2025175002. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/06/25 / 2025-06-24 03:15:20 / June 24, 2025 @ 3:15 am.
Close 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 Guaymate, Santa Cruz de El Seibo, San Rafael del Yuma. Event epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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