Minor earthquake, 3.52 mag strikes near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

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A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.52 (ml/mb) was reported 87 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (54 miles) on Sunday. The 3.52-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:02:27 / 6:02 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2025264006. Unique identifier: pr2025264006. Exact location of event, depth 44 km, -67.7491° West, 19.0723° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/09/25 / 2025-09-21 18:02:27 / September 21, 2025 @ 6:02 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 44 km (27 miles).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 87 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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