Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag was detected near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic

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Earthquake location 18.1665S, -68.3226W A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) was reported 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, -68.3226° West, 18.1665° North, depth 168 km. The temblor was detected at 09:23:51 / 9:23 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 168 km (104 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt25217001, us6000qy7q, pr2025217000. Id of event: pr2025217000. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/08/25 / 2025-08-05 09:23:51 / August 5, 2025 @ 9:23 am.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rincón, San Pedro de Macorís, Santa Cruz de El Seibo. Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 108 km (67 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes 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. 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: 38 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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