A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.43 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/09/25 / 2025-09-07 00:30:00 / September 7, 2025 @ 12:30 am. All ids that are associated to the event: pr71494908. Unique identifier: pr71494908. Exact location of event, depth 84.58 km, -68.430333333333° West, 18.057333333333° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 84.58 km (53 miles). The 3.43-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:30:00 / 12:30 am (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guaymate, La Romana, Otra Banda. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 40 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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