A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.44 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic. Global time and date of event 17/10/25 / 2025-10-17 00:46:10 / October 17, 2025 @ 12:46 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 30.12 km, -68.982166666667° West, 17.989666666667° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30.12 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.44-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:46:10 / 12:46 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr71498228. Unique identifier: pr71498228.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Boca Chica, Otra Banda, Quisqueya (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Quisqueya (c. 17 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-four 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 S of La Romana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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