A minor earthquake magnitude 3.72 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Global time and date of event 06/07/25 / 2025-07-06 11:37:15 / July 6, 2025 @ 11:37 am UTC/GMT. Event id: pr2025187002. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2025187002. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 136 km (85 miles). The temblor was picked up at 11:37:15 / 11:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.423 West, latitude 18.2523 North, depth = 136 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Guaymate, La Romana (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 61 km (38 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days fifty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 24 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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