A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:03:37 / 8:03 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000q8sq. Event ids that are associated: us7000q8sq. Exact location of event, depth 8.828 km, -68.0543° West, 19.0812° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/06/25 / 2025-06-25 20:03:37 / June 25, 2025 @ 8:03 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.828 km (5 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Otra Banda, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 67 km (41 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days fourty-nine, in the past 30 days sixty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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