A minor earthquake magnitude 3.85 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 90 km (56 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -68.7723° West, latitude 18.208° North, depth = 90 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2025234000. Id of event: pr2025234000. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/08/25 / 2025-08-22 05:29:42 / August 22, 2025 @ 5:29 am. The 3.85-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:29:42 / 5:29 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hato Mayor del Rey, Quisqueya, Santa Cruz de El Seibo (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. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 25 km SW of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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