Light mag. 3.5 earthquake - 20 km southeast of Nagua, Provincia Maria Trinidad Sanchez, Dominican Republic, on Saturday, Jul 2, 2022 at 12:01 am (GMT -4) -
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Light magnitude 3.5 earthquake at 20 km depth
2 Jul 04:17 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 16 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Jul 2, 2022 04:01:21 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Saturday, Jul 2, 2022 at 12:01 am (GMT -4) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 3.5 |
| Depth | 20.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 19.23°N / 69.74°W  (Nagua, Provincia Maria Trinidad Sanchez, Dominican Republic) |
| Antipode | 19.23°S / 110.26°E |
| Shaking intensity | Weak shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 11 km (7 mi) NE of Trujillo del Yuna (Villa Riva, Duarte) (pop: 1,830) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 13 km (8 mi) W of Sanchez (Samaná) (pop: 11,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 19 km (12 mi) ENE of Rivas (Villa Riva, Duarte) (pop: 5,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 20 km (13 mi) SE of Nagua (María Trinidad Sánchez) (pop: 33,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 23 km (14 mi) WSW of Las Terrenas (Samaná Province) (pop: 7,710) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 32 km (20 mi) N of Sabana Grande (Monte Plata) (pop: 16,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 86 km (53 mi) NNE of Santo Domingo Oeste (pop: 701,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 86 km (53 mi) N of Santo Domingo (Nacional) (pop: 2,201,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Broken Clouds  23.8°C (75 F), humidity: 90%, wind: 1 m/s (3 kts) from ENE |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 1.1 x 1010 joules (3.12 megawatt hours, equivalent to 2.68 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 3.5 | 20 km | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | EMSC |
| 3.5 | 20 km | Dominican Republic Region | RaspberryShake |
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