A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was reported 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, -68.3781° West, 18.0146° North, depth 92 km. The temblor was reported at 04:54:25 / 4:54 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2025186001. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2025186001. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 92 km (57 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/07/25 / 2025-07-05 04:54:25 / July 5, 2025 @ 4:54 am.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Romana, Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 47 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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