A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.46 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 16:43:58 / 4:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.698 West, latitude 18.0303 North, depth = 7 km. Event id: pr2025351000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2025351000. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/12/25 / 2025-12-17 16:43:58 / December 17, 2025 @ 4:43 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 km (4 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Pedro de Macorís, Otra Banda, Guaymate. Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 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 four, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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