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Light earthquake, 4.15 mag strikes near La Romana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on January 25, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.2835S, -68.8956WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.15 (ml/mb) was reported 17 kilometers (11 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/01/25 / 2025-01-25 06:30:58 / January 25, 2025 @ 6:30 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 118 km (73 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2025025000. Unique identifier: pr2025025000. The 4.15-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:30:58 / 6:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 118 km, -68.8956° West, 18.2835° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Miches, Boca Chica, Los Llanos (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 47 km (29 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 17 km SSE of La Romana, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.15 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.8956° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.2835° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 118 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17 km SSE of La Romana, Dominican Republic Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-25 06:30:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-25 07:22:59 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 265 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pr The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5635 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.52 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 219 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pr2025025000 Id of event.
Event Code 2025025000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2025025000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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