A minor earthquake magnitude 3.37 (ml/mb) strikes 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.337666666667 West, latitude 19.108 North, depth = 41.16 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.16 km (26 miles). The temblor was picked up at 22:58:53 / 10:58 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 24/06/25 / 2025-06-24 22:58:53 / June 24, 2025 @ 10:58 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: pr71487048. Event ids that are associated: pr71487048.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Miches, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-six, in the last 10 days thirty-nine, in the past 30 days fifty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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