A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The temblor was reported at 21:59:35 / 9:59 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 106 km (66 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -68.646° West, 18.3393° North, depth 106 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2025026006. Unique identifier: pr2025026006. Global time and date of event 26/01/25 / 2025-01-26 21:59:35 / January 26, 2025 @ 9:59 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quisqueya, Miches, Hato Mayor del Rey (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (44 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 5 km SW of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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