A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q8lj. Id of event: us7000q8lj. The temblor was picked up at 03:42:46 / 3:42 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/06/25 / 2025-06-25 03:42:46 / June 25, 2025 @ 3:42 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.0613 West, latitude 19.1419 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, Punta Cana. Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-four, in the last 10 days fourty-two, in the past 30 days fifty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 71 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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