A minor earthquake magnitude 3.61 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Id of earthquake: pr2025176005. Event ids that are associated: pr2025176005. The temblor was picked up at 19:50:52 / 7:50 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 25 km (16 miles). Exact location of event, depth 25 km, -68.2268° West, 19.1863° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/06/25 / 2025-06-25 19:50:52 / June 25, 2025 @ 7:50 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 81 km (50 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days fourty-eight, in the past 30 days sixty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 69 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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