A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.18 (ml/mb) was reported 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, -68.0125° West, 18.885333333333° North, depth 8.77 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.77 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71488378. Id of event: pr71488378. The 3.18-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:22:14 / 6:22 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/07/25 / 2025-07-05 18:22:14 / July 5, 2025 @ 6:22 pm.

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 Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, Punta Cana. Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days eighty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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