Earthquake · 15 Oct 2026
M3.4 earthquake — 65 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
- Event
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- M3.4 (Minor)
- Severity
- Low
- Time
- (18 days ago)
- Location
- 65 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
- Country
- Dominican Republic
- Coordinates
- 18.976°, -67.945°
- Source
- USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
What this means
This was a minor earthquake of magnitude 3.4. Often felt by people near the epicenter but rarely causes damage.
Magnitude measures the energy released at the source. How strongly the ground shook at any particular place depends on distance from the epicenter, the depth of the quake, local geology and building construction, so the same magnitude can be harmless in one place and damaging in another. First magnitudes are preliminary and are often revised by a few tenths as more stations report.
Other events within 300 km (±14 days)
- M2.9 earthquake — 22 km SE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico — 299 km away, 29 Oct 2026, 16:08 UTC
- M2.5 earthquake — 10 km ESE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico — 289 km away, 28 Oct 2026, 15:19 UTC
- M3.9 earthquake — 26 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic — 115 km away, 28 Oct 2026, 09:51 UTC
- M4.1 earthquake — 21 km SE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico — 297 km away, 28 Oct 2026, 09:44 UTC
- M3.8 earthquake — 21 km SE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico — 298 km away, 28 Oct 2026, 09:43 UTC
- M3.4 earthquake — 31 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico — 97 km away, 28 Oct 2026, 01:00 UTC
- M3.0 earthquake — 49 km N of Suárez, Puerto Rico — 226 km away, 27 Oct 2026, 03:16 UTC
- M2.7 earthquake — 53 km N of Suárez, Puerto Rico — 225 km away, 27 Oct 2026, 03:16 UTC
- M3.3 earthquake — 39 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico — 94 km away, 27 Oct 2026, 01:56 UTC
- M3.0 earthquake — 66 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico — 196 km away, 26 Oct 2026, 03:41 UTC
Smaller earthquakes close in time and space to a larger one are often aftershocks or foreshocks, though GlobalRisk does not classify them.
More from Dominican Republic
GlobalRisk has recorded 15 events in or near Dominican Republic in the data we hold. See the full Dominican Republic risk monitor.
Source and attribution
Source: USGS Earthquake Hazards Program. View the original report ↗
GlobalRisk republishes only basic facts (type, time, location, magnitude or alert level) and links to the original report. Details may be revised by the source after this page was generated on 3 Nov 2026, 05:08 UTC.
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