A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic. The epicenter was at a depth of 166.67 km (104 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/05/25 / 2025-05-18 12:07:48 / May 18, 2025 @ 12:07 pm. Exact location of event, depth 166.67 km, -69.0237° West, 18.4852° North. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2025138000, us7000q00l. Unique identifier: us7000q00l. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:07:48 / 12:07 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sabana de La Mar, Bayaguana, Punta Cana. The epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop). Close 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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