A minor earthquake magnitude 3.27 (ml/mb) strikes 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/06/25 / 2025-06-24 23:37:33 / June 24, 2025 @ 11:37 pm. The temblor was picked up at 23:37:33 / 11:37 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 54.82 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -68.234333333333° West, latitude 18.766666666667° North, depth = 54.82 km. Unique identifier: pr71487078. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71487078.
Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaymate, San Rafael del Yuma, Salvaleón de Higüey (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-seven, in the last 10 days thirty-nine, in the past 30 days fifty-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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