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Sat, 12 Jul 2025, 14:22 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

Just 34 minutes ago, a 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck near Hato Mayor del Rey, Hato Mayor, Provincia de Hato Mayor, Dominican Republic. The tremor was recorded in the morning on Saturday, July 12th, 2025, at 9:46 am local time, at a shallow depth of 10. km below the surface.
The event was filed by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it.
A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 4.2 earthquake.
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 El Valle (pop. 5,700) located 13 km from the epicenter, Hato Mayor del Rey (pop. 36,000) 16 km away, and Sabana de la Mar (pop. 14,000) 20 km away.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Bayaguana (pop. 21,100) located 40 km from the epicenter, Quisqueya (pop. 17,700) 40 km away, Sabana Grande de Boya (pop. 16,800) 53 km away, Boca Chica (pop. 46,300) 60 km away, Santo Domingo (pop. 2,201,900) 79 km away, and Santo Domingo Oeste (pop. 701,300) 87 km away.

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Sat, 12 Jul 2025, 13:20 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 12 Jul 2025

Summary: 7 quakes 5.0+, 30 quakes 4.0+, 135 quakes 3.0+, 318 quakes 2.0+ (490 total)
This report is being updated every hour.
Magnitude 5+: 7 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 30 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 135 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 318 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higherTotal seismic energy estimate: 4.4 x 1013 joules (12.2 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 10471 tons of TNT or 0.7 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 5.9 learn more10 largest earthquakes in the world (past 24 hours)#1: Mag 5.5 Ceram Sea, 80 km south of Pulau Karas Island, Provinsi Papua Barat, IndonesiaSaturday, Jul 12, 2025, at 05:09 am (Jayapura time) – #2: Mag 5.3 Indian Ocean, 255 km southwest of Pulau Simuk Island, North Sumatra, IndonesiaSaturday, Jul 12, 2025, at 06:11 am (GMT +6) – #3: Mag 5.2 Bering Sea, 106 km east of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Ust-Kamchatsky District, Kamchatka, RussiaSaturday, Jul 12, 2025, at 06:50 pm (GMT +11) – #4: Mag 5.1 South Pacific Ocean, 261 km south of Apia, Tuamasaga, SamoaSaturday, Jul 12, 2025, at 01:17 am (GMT -11) – #5: Mag 5.1 South Pacific Ocean, 120 km west of Macquarie Island, Tasmania, AustraliaSaturday, Jul 12, 2025, at 09:31 pm (GMT +10) – #6: Mag 5.0 East China Sea, Kagoshima-ken, 42

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