The United States Geological Survey recorded a Magnitude 5.9 Earthquake at a depth of 46 km roughly 109 km to the northeast of the Dominican Republic, slightly before 1.50 am local time (slightly before 5.50 am GMT) on Tuesday 25 February 2025. There are no reports of any damage or injuries associated with this event, and nor was a tsunami warning issued but people have reported feeling it across the eastern Dominican Republic as well as on Puerto Rico.
The Dominican Republic forms the eastern part of the island of La Hispaniola, in the Greater Antilles. The island has a complex geological structure, with parts of it lying on three different tectonic plates, and two plate margins running east-to-west across the island. The northernmost part of the island lies on the North American Plate. This is divided from the Gonâve Microplate by the Septentrional Fault Zone, which runs through Rio San Juan, along the north coast of the Dominican Republic and Haiti, then across the Windward Passage and along the south coast of Cuba. The Gonâve Microplate is moving east relative to the North American Plate, pushed by the Mid-Cayman Spreading centre to the west of Jamaica. To the south the Gonâve Microplate is separated from the Caribbean Plate by the Enriquilo-Plantain Garden Fault Zone, which runs across Southern Haiti and the Dominican Republic. To the west the fault runs through central Jamaica. The Caribbean Plate is rotating clockwise, effectively moving east relative to the Gonâve Microplate.
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