Punta Cana, Dominican Republic – A moderate magnitude 4.0 seismic event was registered in the offshore zone northeast of Punta Cana on Wednesday, November 4, as confirmed by official monitoring data from the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the leading global authority on earthquake measurement and geoscience research. The tremor struck at 12:59 p.m. local time, with its epicenter pinpointed roughly 77 kilometers north-northeast of the popular coastal tourist hub, at a relatively shallow subsurface depth of 20.8 kilometers. As of the latest public update from local emergency response agencies and regional authorities, no reports of structural damage to residential buildings, tourism facilities, or public infrastructure have been filed, and no personal injuries linked to the seismic event have been documented. Local civil protection teams have completed preliminary patrols of high-risk zones near the coast to verify on-ground conditions, confirming no disruption to daily community activities or tourism operations across the Punta Cana region.