Minor earthquake: M3.51 quake has struck near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.51 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 92 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (57 miles). The temblor was picked up at 00:52:25 / 12:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/06/25 / 2025-06-30 00:52:25 / June 30, 2025 @ 12:52 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -68.0131 West, latitude 19.3331 North, depth = 7 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Unique identifier: pr2025181000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2025181000.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fifty-six, in the past 30 days sixty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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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: 92 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.51 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.0131° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.3331° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	92 km NNE 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	2025-06-30 00:52:25	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-06-30 01:47:41	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	190	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	,pr,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	20	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.8982	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.28 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	229	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	pr2025181000	Id of event.
Event Code	2025181000	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr2025181000,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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