A minor earthquake magnitude 3.92 (ml/mb) strikes 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic on Sunday. The temblor was reported at 05:29:26 / 5:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -68.4453° West, latitude 19.4305° North, depth = 55 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/09/25 / 2025-09-21 05:29:26 / September 21, 2025 @ 5:29 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qxn2, pr2025264001. Id of event: pr2025264001. The epicenter was at a depth of 55 km (34 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Event epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Miches.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 80 km NE of Miches, Dominican Republic.
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