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A magnitude 5.8 earthquake rattled the Dominican Republic on Friday. Hours after, another 5.2 earthquake struck western Nicaragua, capping a week marked by intense seismic activity across several countries that left hundreds dead in Venezuela and triggered strong earthquakes across Asia and North America.
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck about 102 kilometers north-northeast of Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The tremor was felt across parts of the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, around 2 a.m. this Friday, prompting precautionary evacuations from some public and private buildings, although authorities reported no significant damage or casualties and said there was no tsunami threat.
Officials also urged residents to remain alert for possible aftershocks.
Throughout the morning and into midday, additional tremors measuring up to magnitude 5.0 were recorded at a depth of 71.3 kilometers southeast of La Romana.
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake jolted Yamanashi and surrounding prefectures, including the Tokyo metropolitan area, on Friday evening, causing damage to some structures and triggering at least one landslide.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), there has been no change in observational data for Mount Fuji, which sits approximately 30 kilometers from the quake’s epicenter, and there is no threat of an immediate eruption.
The quake occurred at 10:29 p.m. at a depth of 20 kilometers. It registered lower 6 on Japan’s 7-point shindо scale in the town of Fujikawaguchiko in Yamanashi Prefecture, upper 5 in the city of Otsuki, and lower 5 in some areas of Shizuoka and Kanagawa prefectures. According to the JMA a lower 6 makes it difficult to stand, and unsecured furniture may fall over. There was no threat of a tsunami.
The quake left five people in Yamanashi Prefecture and one person in Kanagawa Prefecture injured, according to Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara, who spoke at an emergency news conference at 12:40 a.m. citing data as of 12:10 a.m.
Approximately 2,860 households in Yamanashi, Saitama and Ibaraki prefectures experienced power outages following the quake, and a partial water outage occurred in the village of Yamanakako, Yamanashi Prefecture, although details were still being confirmed.
As of 11:25 p.m., authorities had received 24 emergency calls, including ones related to collapsed walls and traffic signal malfunctions.
An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 struck Pakistan on Friday evening, as reported by the National Center for Seismology (NCS).
Pakistan is considered one of the most earthquake-prone countries in the world due to its geographical location along the boundary where the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates collide.
Regions such as Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Gilgit-Baltistan lie near major fault lines, making them particularly vulnerable to seismic activity. Punjab and Sindh, located along the northwestern edge of the Indian Plate, remain vulnerable.
This comes after a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the Philippines earlier in June.