A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.58 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Event id: pr2025092000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ppdv, pr2025092000. The 3.58-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:59:53 / 3:59 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -68.0726 West, latitude 19.0956 North, depth = 11 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/04/25 / 2025-04-02 03:59:53 / April 2, 2025 @ 3:59 am.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Otra Banda, Punta Cana. Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (42 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 66 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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