A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.49 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The temblor was reported at 04:42:47 / 4:42 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2025185000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2025185000. Exact location, longitude -68.1393° West, latitude 19.1336° North, depth = 8 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/07/25 / 2025-07-04 04:42:47 / July 4, 2025 @ 4:42 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fifty-seven, in the past 30 days seventy-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 67 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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