A minor earthquake magnitude 3.97 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Unique identifier: pr2025186004. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2025186004. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 156 km (97 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -68.2493 West, latitude 18.1475 North, depth = 156 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/07/25 / 2025-07-05 12:06:48 / July 5, 2025 @ 12:06 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 3.97-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:06:48 / 12:06 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Romana, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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