A minor earthquake magnitude 3.91 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 116 km (72 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -68.8663° West, latitude 18.4641° North, depth = 116 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/10/25 / 2025-10-13 22:41:41 / October 13, 2025 @ 10:41 pm. Event id: pr2025286000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2025286000. The temblor was reported at 22:41:41 / 10:41 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bayaguana, Sabana de La Mar, El Valle (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Close 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 seven, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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