A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) strikes 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Monday. The temblor was reported at 15:47:15 / 3:47 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 48 km (30 miles). Exact location of event, depth 48 km, -68.0878° West, 19.1348° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/07/25 / 2025-07-28 15:47:15 / July 28, 2025 @ 3:47 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qvmt, pr2025209001. Id of event: pr2025209001.

Event epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Otra Banda, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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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. 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: 69 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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