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Minor earthquake, 3.67 mag strikes near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

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A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.67 (ml/mb) was reported 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Thursday. Exact location, longitude -68.2886° West, latitude 18.7488° North, depth = 148 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2025086000. Unique identifier: pr2025086000. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/03/25 / 2025-03-27 01:56:41 / March 27, 2025 @ 1:56 am. The temblor was reported at 01:56:41 / 1:56 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 148 km (92 miles).

Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Miches, La Romana, Santa Cruz de El Seibo (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days sixty and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 22 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.67 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.2886° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.7488° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	148 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	22 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	2025-03-27 01:56:41	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-03-27 02:24:36	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	207	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	13	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.2526	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.35 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	190	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	pr2025086000	Id of event.
Event Code	2025086000	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr2025086000,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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