A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.13 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact location, longitude -67.934833333333° West, latitude 18.169333333333° North, depth = 10.13 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.13 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 15:26:45 / 3:26 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 14/08/25 / 2025-08-14 15:26:45 / August 14, 2025 @ 3:26 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: pr71492868. Event ids that are associated: pr71492868.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puerto Real, Rincón, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Puerto Real (c. 6 200 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 67 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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