A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -68.7407 West, latitude 19.1772 North, depth = 35 km. Unique identifier: us6000rnfp. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rnfp. Global time and date of event 15/11/25 / 2025-11-15 07:44:13 / November 15, 2025 @ 7:44 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 07:44:13 / 7:44 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana, Hato Mayor del Rey, El Valle (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 38 km ENE of Miches, Dominican Republic.
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