A minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Boca Chica in Dominican Republic. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.6395 West, latitude 18.5262 North, depth = 103.397 km. The temblor was picked up at 10:05:49 / 10:05 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/07/25 / 2025-07-13 10:05:49 / July 13, 2025 @ 10:05 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 103.397 km (64 miles). Unique identifier: us7000qcdz. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qcdz.
Event epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Santo Domingo (c. 2 201 900 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Santo Domingo Oeste (c. 701 300 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Bella Vista (c. 175 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from San Cristóbal (c. 154 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pimentel, Las Terrenas, Castillo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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