A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.57 (ml/mb) was reported 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 103 km (64 miles). Exact location of event, depth 103 km, -68.4028° West, 18.2986° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/03/25 / 2025-03-09 21:27:30 / March 9, 2025 @ 9:27 pm. The 3.57-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:27:30 / 9:27 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2025068002. Unique identifier: pr2025068002.
Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 62 km (38 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 31 km (20 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Guaymate, La Romana (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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: 23 km ESE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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