A minor earthquake magnitude 3.39 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. Unique identifier: pr71498498. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71498498. Exact location, longitude -68.856166666667° West, latitude 18.969° North, depth = 26.78 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/10/25 / 2025-10-21 14:01:04 / October 21, 2025 @ 2:01 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26.78 km (17 miles). The 3.39-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:01:04 / 2:01 pm (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Las Terrenas, Los Llanos, Quisqueya. Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).

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 eight, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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