A minor earthquake magnitude 3.72 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. Exact location of earthquake, -68.3823° West, 19.3848° North, depth 59 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2025266001. Id of event: pr2025266001. The 3.72-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:41:51 / 5:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/09/25 / 2025-09-23 05:41:51 / September 23, 2025 @ 5:41 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 59 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Otra Banda, Miches (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 83 km (52 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop).
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 eight, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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