Overview

• A magnitude 5.7 tremor struck 38 kilometers southeast of Boca de Yuma at a depth of 168 kilometers on Tuesday morning, waking residents in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
• A magnitude 4.1 quake hit near Port-au-Prince late Monday at a shallow depth of 5 kilometers and was felt across Haiti.
• Authorities in both countries confirmed no structural damage or injuries from the recent tremors.
• Hispaniola lies at the convergence of the North American and Caribbean plates, making it prone to frequent seismic activity.
• Past disasters—a 7.0 quake in 2010 that killed hundreds of thousands and a 7.2 tremor in 2021 that killed hundreds—underscore the risks posed by stronger events.