A minor earthquake magnitude 3.73 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/01/25 / 2025-01-09 07:52:12 / January 9, 2025 @ 7:52 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: pr2025009001. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2025009001. The temblor was detected at 07:52:12 / 7:52 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 102 km (63 miles). Exact location of event, depth 102 km, -68.0148° West, 18.3356° North.
Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rincón, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-two 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. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 49 km ESE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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