A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/06/25 / 2025-06-26 05:06:20 / June 26, 2025 @ 5:06 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 55 km (34 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -68.1798 West, latitude 18.9275 North, depth = 55 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2025177000. Id of event: pr2025177000. The temblor was reported at 05:06:20 / 5:06 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearby 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, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda.
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days fifty-three, in the past 30 days seventy and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 44 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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