A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 12/07/25 / 2025-07-12 11:46:49 / July 12, 2025 @ 11:46 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -68.955° West, 19.3457° North. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:46:49 / 11:46 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qc8w. Unique identifier: us7000qc8w.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hato Mayor del Rey, Sánchez, Santa Cruz de El Seibo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Sánchez (c. 11 400 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fifty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 41 km NNE of Miches, Dominican Republic.
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