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Light earthquake: M4.08 quake has struck near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on February 16, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.2065S, -68.2778WA light earthquake magnitude 4.08 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Id of earthquake: pr2025047000. Event ids that are associated: pr2025047000. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 152 km (94 miles). Exact location of event, depth 152 km, -68.2778° West, 18.2065° North. The 4.08-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:55:57 / 6:55 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/02/25 / 2025-02-16 06:55:57 / February 16, 2025 @ 6:55 am.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaymate, La Romana, Salvaleón de Higüey (min 5000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 39 km ESE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.08 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.2778° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.2065° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 152 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39 km ESE of Boca de Yuma, 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 2025-02-16 06:55:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-16 07:29:41 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 256 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 0.3244 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 179 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 pr2025047000 Id of event.
Event Code 2025047000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2025047000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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