A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rd69. Id of event: us6000rd69. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -68.5001° West, latitude 17.7862° North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/09/25 / 2025-09-26 15:24:23 / September 26, 2025 @ 3:24 pm. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:24:23 / 3:24 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana, La Romana, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 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 seven, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 66 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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