List of earthquakes in the Dominican Republic

This is a list of earthquakes in the Dominican Republic

Date	Location	Mag.	MMI	Deaths	Injuries	Damage / notes	Ref
2025-10-20	San José de Ocoa	5.0 M_w	V	–	12	One school damage	^[1]^[2]
2021-11-22	Puerto Plata	4.5 M_w	V	–	–	Schools damaged	^[3]^[4]
2019-02-04	La Altagracia	5.3 M_w	V	–	–	Some buildings damaged	^[5]^[6]
2015-01-14	Barahona	3.0 M_w	–	2	–	Deaths due to mine collapse / Aftershock	^[7]
2015-01-13	Barahona	4.5 M_w	IV	–	–	Schools damaged	^[8]^[7]
2003-10-16	Puerto Plata	4.8 M_w	V	–	–	Minor damage / Aftershock	^[9]
2003-09-22	Puerto Plata	6.4 M_w	VII	3	Dozens	Significant damage
1987-09-03	Monte Cristi	5.0 M_w	IV	–	–	Minor damage	^[10]
1987-06-24	San Pedro de Macoris	5.2 M_w	IV	5	–		^[11]
1984-06-24	San Pedro de Macorís	6.7 M_w	VII	5	–
1971-06-11	Santo Domingo	6.5 M_w	V	–	51	Minimal damage	^[12]
1953-05-31	Hermanas Mirabal	6.6 M_w	VI	–	–	Some houses damaged	^[13]
1948-04-21	Samaná	6.9 M_w	VII	–	–		^[14]
1946-08-08	Samaná	7.0 M_w	VII	–	–	Buildings damaged	^[15]
1946-08-04	Samaná	7.8 M_w	IX	2,550	–	Destructive tsunami	^[16]
1943-07-29	Mona Passage	7.7 M_w	VII	–	–	Some damage	^[17]
1916-11-30	Samaná	6.4 M_w	–	–	–		^[18]
1916-04-24	La Altagracia	6.8 M_w	–	–	–		^[19]
1914-02-28	Hato Mayor	6.0 M_w	–	–	–		^[20]
1911-10-06	Pedernales	6.7 M_w	–	–	–		^[21]
1842-05-07	Santiago / Haiti	7.6 M_w	IX	5,300	–		^[22]
1615-09-07	Santo Domingo	7.5 M_w	–	–	–		^[23]
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