Earthquake · 13 Oct 2026
M3.9 earthquake — 9 km ENE of La Romana, Dominican Republic
- Event
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- M3.9 (Minor)
- Severity
- Low
- Time
- (21 days ago)
- Location
- 9 km ENE of La Romana, Dominican Republic
- Country
- Dominican Republic
- Coordinates
- 18.462°, -68.891°
- Source
- USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
What this means
This was a minor earthquake of magnitude 3.9. Often felt by people near the epicenter but rarely causes damage.
Magnitude measures the energy released at the source. How strongly the ground shook at any particular place depends on distance from the epicenter, the depth of the quake, local geology and building construction, so the same magnitude can be harmless in one place and damaging in another. First magnitudes are preliminary and are often revised by a few tenths as more stations report.
Other events within 300 km (±14 days)
- M3.3 earthquake — 39 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico — 139 km away, 27 Oct 2026, 01:56 UTC
- M3.2 earthquake — 57 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico — 162 km away, 24 Oct 2026, 21:07 UTC
- M2.6 earthquake — 2 km WNW of Fuig, Puerto Rico — 212 km away, 24 Oct 2026, 03:34 UTC
- M3.2 earthquake — 77 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic — 129 km away, 23 Oct 2026, 00:13 UTC
- M3.3 earthquake — 53 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico — 276 km away, 21 Oct 2026, 05:01 UTC
- M2.8 earthquake — 1 km W of Fuig, Puerto Rico — 214 km away, 21 Oct 2026, 03:47 UTC
- M3.7 earthquake — 93 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico — 292 km away, 21 Oct 2026, 00:55 UTC
- M2.6 earthquake — 24 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico — 234 km away, 20 Oct 2026, 23:54 UTC
- M2.9 earthquake — 25 km WNW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico — 160 km away, 19 Oct 2026, 04:57 UTC
- M2.7 earthquake — 61 km NNE of Miches, Dominican Republic — 116 km away, 18 Oct 2026, 21:15 UTC
Smaller earthquakes close in time and space to a larger one are often aftershocks or foreshocks, though GlobalRisk does not classify them.
More from Dominican Republic
GlobalRisk has recorded 15 events in or near Dominican Republic in the data we hold. See the full Dominican Republic risk monitor.
Source and attribution
Source: USGS Earthquake Hazards Program. View the original report ↗
GlobalRisk republishes only basic facts (type, time, location, magnitude or alert level) and links to the original report. Details may be revised by the source after this page was generated on 3 Nov 2026, 05:09 UTC.
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