A minor earthquake magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact location of earthquake, -68.196666666667° West, 19.042666666667° North, depth 5.1 km. The temblor was detected at 23:51:24 / 11:51 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr71489648. Unique identifier: pr71489648. Global time and date of event 18/07/25 / 2025-07-18 23:51:24 / July 18, 2025 @ 11:51 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 5.1 km (3 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eighty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 55 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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