A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.76 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Samaná in Dominican Republic. Exact location of event, depth 14 km, -68.8453° West, 19.7271° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/08/25 / 2025-08-20 08:14:37 / August 20, 2025 @ 8:14 am. Unique identifier: pr2025232001. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2025232001. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 14 km (9 miles). The temblor was reported at 08:14:37 / 8:14 am (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Las Terrenas (c. 7 700 pop). 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 Las Terrenas, Miches, Samaná.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 77 km NE of Samaná, Dominican Republic.

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