A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.39 (ml/mb) was reported 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 19/03/25 / 2025-03-19 14:05:29 / March 19, 2025 @ 2:05 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -68.120166666667 West, latitude 19.247833333333 North, depth = 20.48 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20.48 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr71476488. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71476488. The 3.39-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:05:29 / 2:05 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days fifty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-seven 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.
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