A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Unique identifier: pr2025175009. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2025175009. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 06:41:15 / 6:41 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/06/25 / 2025-06-24 06:41:15 / June 24, 2025 @ 6:41 am. Exact location, longitude -68.0856° West, latitude 19.1305° North, depth = 65 km.
Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Otra Banda, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-nine 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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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 69 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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