A minor earthquake magnitude 3.19 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact location of event, depth 52.12 km, -68.012333333333° West, 18.047333333333° North. The temblor was picked up at 07:53:11 / 7:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/07/25 / 2025-07-21 07:53:11 / July 21, 2025 @ 7:53 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 52.12 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71489943. Id of event: pr71489943.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 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 fourty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 72 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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