Minor earthquake, 3.58 mag has occurred near Miches in Dominican Republic

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A minor earthquake magnitude 3.58 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. The temblor was reported at 21:11:08 / 9:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 30 km, -68.7891° West, 19.3856° North. Unique identifier: pr2025304001. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2025304001. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/10/25 / 2025-10-31 21:11:08 / October 31, 2025 @ 9:11 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 30 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface.

The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Las Terrenas (c. 7 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hato Mayor del Rey, Otra Banda, Las Terrenas. Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 52 km NNE of Miches, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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