A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.77 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000r0b2, pr2025225000. Unique identifier: pr2025225000. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/08/25 / 2025-08-13 09:40:09 / August 13, 2025 @ 9:40 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 88 km (55 miles). The temblor was detected at 09:40:09 / 9:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.32 West, latitude 18.1253 North, depth = 88 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaymate, La Romana, Otra Banda. Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every 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.
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