A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.48 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2025123000. Id of event: pr2025123000. The temblor was detected at 02:51:47 / 2:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.4143 West, latitude 18.923 North, depth = 9 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/05/25 / 2025-05-03 02:51:47 / May 3, 2025 @ 2:51 am.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Romana, Guaymate, Santa Cruz de El Seibo.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fourty-three, in the past 30 days fifty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 37 km N of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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