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Moderate earthquake, 5.9 mag was detected near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on February 25, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.643S, -68.074WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 122 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (76 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0 km (0 miles). The 5.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:48:53 / 5:48 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pt25056000. Event ids that are associated: pt25056000. Exact location of earthquake, -68.074° West, 19.643° North, depth 0 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/02/25 / 2025-02-25 05:48:53 / February 25, 2025 @ 5:48 am.

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. 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: 122 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.074° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.643° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 122 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 05:48:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-25 05:57:05 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.1 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 537 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pt The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 51 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 165.599986752 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Mi The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pt25056000 Id of event.
Event Code 25056000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt25056000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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