A minor earthquake magnitude 3.68 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. Unique identifier: pr2025294001. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2025294001. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/10/25 / 2025-10-21 13:10:31 / October 21, 2025 @ 1:10 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 13:10:31 / 1:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -68.8531° West, latitude 18.9935° North, depth = 7 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 km (4 miles).

Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bayaguana, Sánchez, Las Terrenas. Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 20 km E of Miches, Dominican Republic.

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