A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was reported 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 13:20:34 / 1:20 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 74 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr2025032000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2025032000. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.411 West, latitude 18.0945 North, depth = 74 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/02/25 / 2025-02-01 13:20:34 / February 1, 2025 @ 1:20 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaymate, La Romana, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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