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Minor earthquake: M3.52 quake has struck near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

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A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.52 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Event id: pr2025176007. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q8sw, pr2025176007. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.3116 West, latitude 19.0815 North, depth = 57 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/06/25 / 2025-06-25 20:31:55 / June 25, 2025 @ 8:31 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 57 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.52-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:31:55 / 8:31 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (41 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Yuma, Miches, Salvaleón de Higüey.

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days fifty-one, in the past 30 days sixty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-four 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.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 56 km N of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.52 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.3116° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.0815° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	57 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	56 km N of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-06-25 20:31:55	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-06-25 22:01:32	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	191	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	pr	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,pr,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	15	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.5719	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.55 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	282	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	md	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	pr2025176007	Id of event.
Event Code	2025176007	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000q8sw,pr2025176007,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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