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Minor earthquake, 3.6 mag was detected near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

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A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:10:38 / 3:10 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 118 km, -67.9251° West, 18.2605° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 118 km (73 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2025213000. Id of event: pr2025213000. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/08/25 / 2025-08-01 03:10:38 / August 1, 2025 @ 3:10 am UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cabo Rojo, Aguadilla, Mayagüez (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Cabo Rojo (c. 10 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Puerto Real (c. 6 200 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-three 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 61 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-67.9251° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.2605° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	118 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	61 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-08-01 03:10:38	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-08-01 03:32:45	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	199	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	pr	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pr,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	17	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.5219	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.41 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	184	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	md	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	pr2025213000	Id of event.
Event Code	2025213000	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr2025213000,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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