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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Las Terrenas in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on February 22, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.3475S, -69.5753WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Las Terrenas in Dominican Republic. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.5753 West, latitude 19.3475 North, depth = 77.923 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pb0a. Unique identifier: us7000pb0a. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/02/25 / 2025-02-03 11:48:13 / February 3, 2025 @ 11:48 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:48:13 / 11:48 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 77.923 km (48 miles).

Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from San Francisco de Macorís (c. 124 800 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Salcedo (c. 45 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Cotuí (c. 41 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Nagua (c. 33 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rincón, Quisqueya, Salcedo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).

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

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km NW of Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.5753° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.3475° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 77.923 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5 km NW of Las Terrenas, 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 2025-02-03 11:48:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-22 10:06:00 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 271 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 49 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.586 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 80 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000pb0a Id of event.
Event Code 7000pb0a An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pb0a, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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