A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.78 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Unique identifier: pr2025008000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2025008000. The 3.78-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:31:10 / 7:31 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/01/25 / 2025-01-08 07:31:10 / January 8, 2025 @ 7:31 am. Exact location, longitude -68.0408° West, latitude 18.3918° North, depth = 81 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 81 km (50 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rincón, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 43 km ESE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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