A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Global time and date of event 28/08/25 / 2025-08-28 07:18:23 / August 28, 2025 @ 7:18 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 81 km (50 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2025240000. Event ids that are associated: pr2025240000. Exact location of event, depth 81 km, -68.4021° West, 18.0628° North. The temblor was reported at 07:18:23 / 7:18 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Romana, Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 73 km (45 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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