A minor earthquake magnitude 3.43 (ml/mb) strikes 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Friday. The temblor was detected at 01:01:49 / 1:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -68.322166666667 West, latitude 18.034666666667 North, depth = 55.01 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71478298. Id of event: pr71478298. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/04/25 / 2025-04-04 01:01:49 / April 4, 2025 @ 1:01 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55.01 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Romana, Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (51 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 48 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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