A minor earthquake magnitude 3.13 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The temblor was picked up at 23:19:06 / 11:19 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pr71489653. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71489653. The epicenter was at a depth of 46.94 km (29 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/07/25 / 2025-07-18 23:19:06 / July 18, 2025 @ 11:19 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -68.719° West, 17.907° North, depth 46.94 km.
Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salvaleón de Higüey, La Romana, San Rafael del Yuma.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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