A minor earthquake magnitude 3.53 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 88 km (55 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/09/25 / 2025-09-21 14:13:54 / September 21, 2025 @ 2:13 pm. Id of earthquake: pr2025264005. Event ids that are associated: pr2025264005. Exact location of event, longitude -68.3983 West, latitude 19.3325 North, depth = 88 km. The temblor was picked up at 14:13:54 / 2:13 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 83 km (52 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Cana, Otra Banda, Miches.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 78 km ENE of Miches, Dominican Republic.
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