A minor earthquake magnitude 3.88 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Exact location of event, depth 92 km, -68.5196° West, 18.1386° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 92 km (57 miles). The temblor was detected at 03:22:05 / 3:22 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/09/25 / 2025-09-19 03:22:05 / September 19, 2025 @ 3:22 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qx6y, pr2025262000. Unique identifier: pr2025262000.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guaymate, Otra Banda, La Romana. Earthquake epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty 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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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 28 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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