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Minor earthquake, 3.89 mag was detected near Salvaleón de Higüey in Dominican Republic

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A minor earthquake magnitude 3.89 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey in Dominican Republic on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.7381 West, latitude 18.5365 North, depth = 127 km. Global time and date of event 27/01/25 / 2025-01-27 03:39:34 / January 27, 2025 @ 3:39 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 127 km (79 miles). Event id: pr2025027000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2025027000. The temblor was reported at 03:39:34 / 3:39 am (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 9 km (6 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Valle, Los Llanos, Quisqueya (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 9 km SSW of Salvaleón de Higüey, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Dominican Republic El Valle Hato Mayor del Rey La Romana Los Llanos Punta Cana Quisqueya Salvaleon de Higuey San Pedro de Macoris Santa Cruz de El Seibo

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.89 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.7381° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.5365° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	127 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9 km SSW of Salvaleón de Higüey, 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	2025-01-27 03:39:34	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-27 04:15:08	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	233	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	16	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.3574	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.44 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	184	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	pr2025027000	Id of event.
Event Code	2025027000	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr2025027000,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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