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Minor earthquake, 3.7 mag was detected near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on February 25, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.1047S, -68.204WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was reported 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. The 3.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:22:20 / 4:22 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.204 West, latitude 19.1047 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pvd4. Unique identifier: us6000pvd4. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/02/25 / 2025-02-25 16:22:20 / February 25, 2025 @ 4:22 pm.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 61 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.204° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1047° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 61 km NNE 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 2025-02-25 16:22:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-25 17:19:09 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 211 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 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.611 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.54 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 195 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000pvd4 Id of event.
Event Code 6000pvd4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pvd4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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