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Significant 5.0 quake hits near La Romana, Provincia de La Romana, Dominican Republic #820969 Fri 26 Jun 2026 04:13:PM
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OP Webmaster Launch Director Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 678,976 Los Angeles, USA	Significant 5.0 quake hits near La Romana, Provincia de La Romana, Dominican Republic Just 5 minutes ago, a 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck near La Romana, Provincia de La Romana, Dominican Republic. The tremor was recorded around noon on Friday, June 26th, 2026, at 12:06 pm local time, at an intermediate depth of 71.30 km below the surface. The event was filed by the United States Geological Survey, the first seismological agency to report it. 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 58 km from the epicenter, San Rafael del Yuma (pop. 5,300) 65 km away, La Romana (pop. 208,400) 78 km away, Punta Cana (pop. 100,000) 82 km away, and Salvaleon de Higueey (pop. 123,800) 86 km away. Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include San Pedro de Macoris (pop. 217,900) located 105 km from the epicenter. VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you’re in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake. Earthquake data: Date & time: Jun 26, 2026 12:06 pm (GMT -4) local time (26 Jun 2026 16:06 GMT) Magnitude: 5.0 Depth: 71.30 km Epicenter latitude / longitude: 17.86°N / 68.54°W (Provincia de San Cristobal, Dominican Republic) Primary data source: USGS https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquake/news/317801/Significant-50-quake-hits-near-La-Romana-Provincia-de-La-Romana-Dominican-Republic.html