A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.31 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58.93 km (37 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/01/25 / 2025-01-13 11:13:00 / January 13, 2025 @ 11:13 am. All ids that are associated to the event: pr71470758. Unique identifier: pr71470758. The 3.31-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:13:00 / 11:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -68.151833333333° West, 19.010333333333° North, depth 58.93 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, Punta Cana. The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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