Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag has occurred near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic

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Earthquake location 18.212S, -68.32W A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Id of earthquake: pt25217001. Event ids that are associated: pt25217001. The temblor was picked up at 09:23:48 / 9:23 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/08/25 / 2025-08-05 09:23:48 / August 5, 2025 @ 9:23 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 194.6 km (121 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.32 West, latitude 18.212 North, depth = 194.6 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Miches, Rincón, San Pedro de Macorís (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 107 km (66 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 115 km (71 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 35 km ESE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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