A minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/02/25 / 2025-02-25 07:55:34 / February 25, 2025 @ 7:55 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2025056004. Id of event: pr2025056004. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.2343 West, latitude 19.1858 North, depth = 9 km. The temblor was reported at 07:55:34 / 7:55 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 69 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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