A minor earthquake magnitude 3.49 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 102 km (63 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/08/25 / 2025-08-12 22:03:47 / August 12, 2025 @ 10:03 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -68.1483° West, 19.1718° North, depth 102 km. The temblor was reported at 22:03:47 / 10:03 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2025224000. Unique identifier: pr2025224000.
Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Otra Banda, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 70 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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