A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.39 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/07/25 / 2025-07-26 10:49:05 / July 26, 2025 @ 10:49 am. All ids that are associated to the event: pr71490528. Unique identifier: pr71490528. The 3.39-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:49:05 / 10:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -68.430166666667° West, latitude 18.5015° North, depth = 62.16 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 62.16 km (39 miles).
The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 9 km (6 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Guaymate, La Romana. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. 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: 9 km SSW of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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