A moderate 4.9-magnitude earthquake hit the waters south of Boca de Yuma in the Dominican Republic’s eastern La Altagracia province on Friday local time, according to data released by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The seismic event was recorded at 12:06 p.m. local time, with a relatively deep hypocenter sitting 90 kilometers, or 56 miles, below the Earth’s surface. Its epicenter was positioned roughly 52 kilometers off the southern coast of the Boca de Yuma community.
Shaking from the quake was widely felt across the eastern half of the Dominican Republic, including the popular tourist hub of Verón-Punta Cana. The tremor was also detected across the Caribbean in Puerto Rico, where dozens of local residents reached out to officials to report feeling the shaking. In the immediate aftermath of the earthquake, regional authorities moved quickly to issue public updates: no tsunami advisory or warning was triggered by the event, and as of initial assessments, there have been no reports of human injuries or widespread structural damage to infrastructure.