A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was reported 22 kilometers (14 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma in Dominican Republic on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 121 km (75 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -68.7778 West, latitude 18.2541 North, depth = 121 km. The 3.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:26:47 / 3:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/03/25 / 2025-03-24 15:26:47 / March 24, 2025 @ 3:26 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2025083000. Unique identifier: pr2025083000.
Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Miches, Los Llanos, Hato Mayor del Rey. Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 22 km SSW of San Rafael del Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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