A minor earthquake magnitude 3.42 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact location of earthquake, -68.041166666667° West, 18.271833333333° North, depth 99.93 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 99.93 km (62 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/07/25 / 2025-07-30 19:49:00 / July 30, 2025 @ 7:49 pm. The temblor was reported at 19:49:00 / 7:49 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr71491148. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71491148.

Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).

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

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