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Minor earthquake 3.82 mag, 67 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

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A minor earthquake magnitude 3.82 (ml/mb) strikes 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.8871 West, latitude 18.2308 North, depth = 119 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pf22, pr2025051000. Id of event: pr2025051000. The epicenter was at a depth of 119 km (74 miles). The temblor was reported at 17:51:05 / 5:51 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/02/25 / 2025-02-20 17:51:05 / February 20, 2025 @ 5:51 pm.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (42 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Cabo Rojo (c. 10 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Puerto Real (c. 6 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Yuma, Moca, Hormigueros (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 67 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.82 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-67.8871° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.2308° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	119 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	67 km SE of Punta Cana, 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	2025-02-20 17:51:05	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-02-20 18:28:40	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	224	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	,us,pr,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	24	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.5696	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.24 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	177	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	pr2025051000	Id of event.
Event Code	2025051000	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pf22,pr2025051000,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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