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Minor earthquake: M3.77 quake has struck near La Romana in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.5028S, -68.9178WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.77 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/11/25 / 2025-11-29 17:36:04 / November 29, 2025 @ 5:36 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 134 km (83 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -68.9178° West, 18.5028° North, depth 134 km. Event id: pr2025333000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2025333000. The temblor was picked up at 17:36:04 / 5:36 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 40 km (25 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bayaguana, Sabana de La Mar, Boca Chica (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-eight 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. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 10 km NE of La Romana, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.77 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.9178° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.5028° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 134 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10 km NE of La Romana, Dominican Republic Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-11-29 17:36:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-29 18:41:39 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 219 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pr The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5365 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 162 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pr2025333000 Id of event.
Event Code 2025333000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2025333000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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