A minor earthquake magnitude 3.69 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The temblor was reported at 23:14:58 / 11:14 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/12/25 / 2025-12-05 23:14:58 / December 5, 2025 @ 11:14 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -68.2091° West, 18.7013° North, depth 167 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 167 km (104 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2025339004. Event ids that are associated: pr2025339004.
Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (53 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Romana, Guaymate, San Rafael del Yuma.
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-seven 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 24 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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