A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Pedro García in Dominican Republic. Event id: us6000qyrx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qyrx. Exact location of event, longitude -70.6492 West, latitude 19.6536 North, depth = 13.227 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 13.227 km (8 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/08/25 / 2025-08-07 01:48:19 / August 7, 2025 @ 1:48 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 01:48:19 / 1:48 am (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cotuí, Villa Vásquez, Bonao (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 23 km (14 miles) from Santiago de los Caballeros (c. 1 200 000 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Puerto Plata (c. 146 000 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from San Francisco de Macorís (c. 124 800 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Concepción de La Vega (c. 102 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Bonao (c. 73 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Moca (c. 61 800 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. 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: 6 km N of Pedro García, Dominican Republic.

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