A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Exact location of event, depth 75.454 km, -68.1886° West, 18.1622° North. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:59:06 / 4:59 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 75.454 km (47 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000rl5l. Id of event: us7000rl5l. 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: 28/12/25 / 2025-12-28 04:59:06 / December 28, 2025 @ 4:59 am.
The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Romana, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 50 km ESE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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