A minor earthquake magnitude 3.31 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Exact location of event, depth 62.52 km, -68.467166666667° West, 18.201166666667° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71479858. Id of event: pr71479858. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 62.52 km (39 miles). Global time and date of event 23/04/25 / 2025-04-23 15:41:59 / April 23, 2025 @ 3:41 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 15:41:59 / 3:41 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (37 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guaymate, La Romana, Otra Banda. Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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