A minor earthquake magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) strikes 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/12/25 / 2025-12-11 23:50:15 / December 11, 2025 @ 11:50 pm. The temblor was detected at 23:50:15 / 11:50 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -68.1595 West, latitude 19.067 North, depth = 37.88 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37.88 km (24 miles). Id of earthquake: pr71502053. Event ids that are associated: pr71502053.
Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, Punta Cana.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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: 59 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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