A minor earthquake magnitude 3.53 (ml/mb) strikes 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Otra Banda in Dominican Republic on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42 km (26 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/12/25 / 2025-12-27 22:31:30 / December 27, 2025 @ 10:31 pm. Unique identifier: pr2025361000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2025361000. Exact location of earthquake, -68.5425° West, 18.8° North, depth 42 km. The temblor was reported at 22:31:30 / 10:31 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hato Mayor del Rey, La Romana, Miches. Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 61 km (38 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 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 six, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 20 km NE of Otra Banda, Dominican Republic.

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