A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Bayaguana in Dominican Republic. The temblor was detected at 09:27:37 / 9:27 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 81.2 km (50 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -69.591 West, latitude 18.848 North, depth = 81.2 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/09/25 / 2025-09-01 09:27:37 / September 1, 2025 @ 9:27 am. Id of earthquake: pt25244050. Event ids that are associated: pt25244050. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 57 km (35 miles) from Santo Domingo (c. 2 201 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Santo Domingo Oeste (c. 701 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Bella Vista (c. 175 700 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from San Cristóbal (c. 154 000 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from San Francisco de Macorís (c. 124 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, Nizao, Rincón (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light 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 four and in the last 365 days seventy-two 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 respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 11 km NNE of Bayaguana, Dominican Republic.

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