A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us7000qa4d. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qa4d. The temblor was reported at 03:10:37 / 3:10 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/07/25 / 2025-07-02 03:10:37 / July 2, 2025 @ 3:10 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -68.2036° West, 17.9307° North.
Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 65 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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