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Tue, 5 Aug 2025, 09:31 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake near Punta Cana, Higüey, Provincia de La Altagracia, Dominican Republic, was reported only 6 minutes ago by the United States Geological Survey, considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity in the Dominican Republic. The earthquake occurred at an intermediate to considerable depth of 194.60 km beneath the epicenter early morning on Tuesday, August 5th, 2025, at 5:23 am local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from The Colombian Geological Service (SGC) which listed the quake at magnitude 5.0.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Boca de Yuma (pop. 2,000) located 36 km from the epicenter, Punta Cana (pop. 100,000) 42 km away, San Rafael del Yuma (pop. 5,300) 45 km away, Santa Cruz de El Seibo (pop. 23,500) 98 km away, and San Pedro de Macoris (pop. 217,900) 108 km away.
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Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic (164.2 km WNW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / single lateral shake / 2-5 s : I was in my room sleeping, and the shakr woke me up, everything was vibrating, my vanity and my bed was shaking a lot, I was scared, it repeated 2 times | 3 users found this interesting.  

Punta cana (42.4 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / single vertical bump / 2-5 s : Strong | 4 users found this interesting.  

Santo Domingo, República Dominicana (162.5 km WNW of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / both vertical and horizontal swinging / 10-15 s : Me desperté al querer concentrarme en dormir, entonces claro que dure un tiempo, y me pregunte primero que era, y fue un terremoto, fuerte, igual que el sonido | 2 users found this interesting.  

La Julia, Santo Domingo De Guzmán, Nacional (175.3 km W of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / rattling, vibrating : I was in bed and everything i feto everything Shake , i was even able to hear the windows shaking | 3 users found this interesting.  

My home in the mountains of Ciales/Utuado, Puerto (236.4 km E of epicenter) [Map]

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