A minor earthquake magnitude 3.72 (ml/mb) strikes 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Saturday. Exact location, longitude -67.9145° West, latitude 18.3533° North, depth = 177 km. Event id: pr2025319000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2025319000. The epicenter was at a depth of 177 km (110 miles). The 3.72-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:11:08 / 4:11 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/11/25 / 2025-11-15 04:11:08 / November 15, 2025 @ 4:11 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cabo Rojo, Hormigueros, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Cabo Rojo (c. 10 800 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Puerto Real (c. 6 200 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 57 km ESE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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