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Santo Domingo / Weak shaking (MMI III) / single vertical bump / 5-10 s : My mother was at the bathroom and she feel that the ground was moving.
Light mag. 3.8 earthquake - North Atlantic Ocean, 34 km northeast of Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, on Sunday, Jul 3, 2022 at 2:47 am (GMT -4) -
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Light magnitude 3.8 earthquake at 18 km depth
3 Jul 07:27 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 40 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Jul 3, 2022 06:47:26 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Sunday, Jul 3, 2022 at 2:47 am (GMT -4) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 3.8 |
| Depth | 18.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 20.07°N / 70.56°W  (North Atlantic Ocean, Dominican Republic) |
| Antipode | 20.07°S / 109.44°E |
| Shaking intensity | Weak shaking |
| Felt | 1 report |
| Primary data source | EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 34 km (21 mi) NNE of Puerto Plata (pop: 146,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 38 km (23 mi) N of Monte Llano (Villa Montellano) (pop: 19,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 50 km (31 mi) NNE of Rio Grande (Altamira) (pop: 20,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 70 km (43 mi) NE of Esperanza (pop: 42,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 70 km (44 mi) N of Santiago de los Caballeros (pop: 1,200,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 91 km (57 mi) NNW of San Francisco de Macoris (pop: 124,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 94 km (59 mi) N of La Vega (pop: 102,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 191 km (119 mi) NNW of Santo Domingo (pop: 2,201,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 128 km (79 mi) NNE of Haiti Island (pop: 21,107,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Overcast Clouds  27.1°C (81 F), humidity: 78%, wind: 9 m/s (18 kts) from ESE |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 3.2 x 1010 joules (8.78 megawatt hours, equivalent to 7.56 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 3.8 | 18 km | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION | EMSC |
| 3.8 | 18 km | Dominican Republic Region | RaspberryShake |
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