A light earthquake with magnitude 4.05 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo in Dominican Republic on Sunday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/05/25 / 2025-05-18 12:07:49 / May 18, 2025 @ 12:07 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -68.8965 West, latitude 18.8161 North, depth = 164 km. The temblor was picked up at 12:07:49 / 12:07 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 164 km (102 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: pr2025138000. Event ids that are associated: pr2025138000.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sánchez, Las Terrenas, Boca Chica (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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: 16 km ENE of Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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