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Minor earthquake: M3.4 quake has struck near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 19.007166666667S, -67.7785WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Global time and date of event 26/04/25 / 2025-04-26 02:00:33 / April 26, 2025 @ 2:00 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 02:00:33 / 2:00 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr71480188. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pv5u, pr71480188. The epicenter was at a depth of 22.24 km (14 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -67.7785° West, 19.007166666667° North, depth 22.24 km.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 81 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.7785° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.007166666667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 22.24 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 81 km NE 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 2025-04-26 02:00:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-26 02:44:44 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 178 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 ,us,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 14 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.7524 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 243 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 pr71480188 Id of event.
Event Code 71480188 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pv5u,pr71480188, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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