A minor earthquake magnitude 3.45 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 15 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: pr2025183001. Event ids that are associated: pr2025183001. The 3.45-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:28:27 / 3:28 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -68.1796° West, latitude 18.8738° North, depth = 15 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/07/25 / 2025-07-02 03:28:27 / July 2, 2025 @ 3:28 am.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Rafael del Yuma, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days sixty-two, in the past 30 days seventy-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 40 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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