A minor earthquake magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/10/25 / 2025-10-18 15:56:57 / October 18, 2025 @ 3:56 pm. Exact location, longitude -68.426° West, latitude 17.9725° North, depth = 62.03 km. The temblor was reported at 15:56:57 / 3:56 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71498343. Id of event: pr71498343. The epicenter was at a depth of 62.03 km (39 miles).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, La Romana, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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