A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was reported 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 01:41:23 / 1:41 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000revh. Event ids that are associated: us6000revh. Exact location of earthquake, -67.767° West, 19.0584° North, depth 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/10/25 / 2025-10-05 01:41:23 / October 5, 2025 @ 1:41 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana. Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 85 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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