A light earthquake with magnitude 4.17 (ml/mb) was reported 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.17-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:34:53 / 7:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -68.3751° West, 19.5066° North, depth 30 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 30 km (19 miles). Unique identifier: pr2025059001. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pw0p, pr2025059001. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/02/25 / 2025-02-28 07:34:53 / February 28, 2025 @ 7:34 am.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Miches (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 91 km NE of Miches, Dominican Republic.

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