A minor earthquake magnitude 3.79 (ml/mb) strikes 117 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (73 miles) on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/02/25 / 2025-02-27 23:35:04 / February 27, 2025 @ 11:35 pm. The 3.79-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:35:04 / 11:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -68.1083° West, latitude 19.6043° North, depth = 68 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2025058003. Id of event: pr2025058003. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 68 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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. 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: 117 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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