A minor earthquake magnitude 3.33 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/07/25 / 2025-07-22 15:45:53 / July 22, 2025 @ 3:45 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: pr71490093. Unique identifier: pr71490093. The 3.33-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:45:53 / 3:45 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 24.84 km (15 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -68.1565 West, latitude 18.790666666667 North, depth = 24.84 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Rafael del Yuma, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda. Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days ninety-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 34 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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