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Minor earthquake, 3.39 mag has occurred near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 19.248S, -68.262333333333WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.39 (ml/mb) strikes 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 16:22:48 / 4:22 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/02/25 / 2025-02-26 16:22:48 / February 26, 2025 @ 4:22 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.36 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -68.262333333333° West, 19.248° North, depth 10.36 km. Id of earthquake: pr71473723. Event ids that are associated: pr71473723.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Otra Banda, Punta Cana. Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and two 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. Each 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. 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: 75 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.39 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.262333333333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.248° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.36 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 75 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-26 16:22:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-26 16:47:19 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 177 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pr The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.7382 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.25 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 285 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pr71473723 Id of event.
Event Code 71473723 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71473723, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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