Moderate earthquake, 5 mag has occurred near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic

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Earthquake location 18.2041S, -68.3026W A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: pt25217001, us6000qy7q. Unique identifier: us6000qy7q. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 183.863 km (114 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -68.3026° West, 18.2041° North, depth 183.863 km. Global time and date of event 05/08/25 / 2025-08-05 09:23:51 / August 5, 2025 @ 9:23 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 09:23:51 / 9:23 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Guaymate, La Romana (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 37 km ESE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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