A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.52 (ml/mb) was reported 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/08/25 / 2025-08-07 06:33:15 / August 7, 2025 @ 6:33 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 75 km (47 miles). Exact location, longitude -68.149° West, latitude 17.9073° North, depth = 75 km. The 3.52-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:33:15 / 6:33 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2025219001. Unique identifier: pr2025219001.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Yuma, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 71 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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