A minor earthquake magnitude 3.69 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 85 km (53 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -68.1766 West, latitude 19.1401 North, depth = 85 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/06/25 / 2025-06-30 05:30:03 / June 30, 2025 @ 5:30 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2025181001. Id of event: pr2025181001. The 3.69-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:30:03 / 5:30 am (local time epicenter).
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 Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, Punta Cana. Epicenter of the event was 81 km (50 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fifty-eight, in the past 30 days sixty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 66 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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