A minor earthquake magnitude 3.48 (ml/mb) strikes 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. Unique identifier: pr2025176008. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000q8tq, pr2025176008. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 31 km (19 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -68.2978° West, 19.047° North, depth 31 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/06/25 / 2025-06-25 21:36:20 / June 25, 2025 @ 9:36 pm. The temblor was reported at 21:36:20 / 9:36 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Yuma, Miches, Salvaleón de Higüey (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 65 km (40 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days fifty-one, in the past 30 days sixty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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