A minor earthquake magnitude 3.68 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact location of earthquake, -68.2583° West, 19.1418° North, depth 32 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2025175006. Id of event: pr2025175006. Global time and date of event 24/06/25 / 2025-06-24 03:50:31 / June 24, 2025 @ 3:50 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 03:50:31 / 3:50 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 32 km (20 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Miches, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda.
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-three, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days fourty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 63 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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