A minor earthquake magnitude 3.72 (ml/mb) strikes 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Sunday. Global time and date of event 05/10/25 / 2025-10-05 01:41:27 / October 5, 2025 @ 1:41 am UTC/GMT. The 3.72-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:41:27 / 1:41 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2025278001. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000revh, pr2025278001. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 66 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.812 West, latitude 18.9638 North, depth = 66 km.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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