A minor earthquake magnitude 3.42 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The epicenter was at a depth of 33.24 km (21 miles). Id of earthquake: pr71488098. Event ids that are associated: pr71488098. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/07/25 / 2025-07-03 17:34:58 / July 3, 2025 @ 5:34 pm. The 3.42-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:34:58 / 5:34 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -68.3035° West, 19.136° North, depth 33.24 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Miches, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days sixty-four, in the past 30 days seventy-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 62 km N of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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