A minor earthquake magnitude 3.43 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.95 km (16 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -67.979666666667° West, 19.143333333333° North, depth 24.95 km. The 3.43-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:01:18 / 8:01 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr71503063. Unique identifier: pr71503063. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/12/25 / 2025-12-25 08:01:18 / December 25, 2025 @ 8:01 am.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Close 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 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 six, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 76 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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