A minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) strikes 20 kilometers (12 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth 143 km, -68.7706° West, 18.2725° North. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2025127000. Unique identifier: pr2025127000. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 143 km (89 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/05/25 / 2025-05-07 01:24:14 / May 7, 2025 @ 1:24 am. The 3.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:24:14 / 1:24 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Los Llanos, Miches, Hato Mayor del Rey. Epicenter of the event was 59 km (37 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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