A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. The temblor was detected at 08:54:08 / 8:54 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/10/25 / 2025-10-04 08:54:08 / October 4, 2025 @ 8:54 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.342 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -68.983 West, latitude 19.0084 North, depth = 5.342 km. Event id: us6000rerl. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rerl.
Event epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Cana, Bayaguana, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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