A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 12:40:21 / 12:40 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000pwfv. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pwfv. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 24.145 km (15 miles). Global time and date of event 02/03/25 / 2025-03-02 12:40:21 / March 2, 2025 @ 12:40 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -67.877° West, 19.1455° North, depth 24.145 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Cana. Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirty-six, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 83 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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