A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.89 (ml/mb) was reported 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Guaymate in Dominican Republic on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 119 km (74 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/04/25 / 2025-04-14 16:24:01 / April 14, 2025 @ 4:24 pm. The 3.89-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:24:01 / 4:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -68.961° West, 18.5863° North, depth 119 km. Event id: pr2025104000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2025104000.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Samaná, Bayaguana, Sabana de La Mar (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 1 km E of Guaymate, Dominican Republic.
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