A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.71 (ml/mb) was reported 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 24 km (15 miles). Global time and date of event 05/02/25 / 2025-02-05 13:53:28 / February 5, 2025 @ 1:53 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.71-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:53:28 / 1:53 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -67.993 West, latitude 19.0855 North, depth = 24 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2025036000. Unique identifier: pr2025036000.
Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Otra Banda, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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