Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Miches in Dominican Republic

A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 5.7 km, -68.837° West, 19.174° North. Unique identifier: pt25061001. Ids that are associated to the event: pt25061001. The epicenter was at a depth of 5.7 km (4 miles). Global time and date of event 02/03/25 / 2025-03-02 12:40:35 / March 2, 2025 @ 12:40 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 12:40:35 / 12:40 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bayaguana, San Pedro de Macorís, Los Llanos (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Bayaguana (c. 21 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).

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

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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: 30 km NE of Miches, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.837° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.174° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	5.7 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	30 km NE of Miches, 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	2025-03-02 12:40:35	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-03-02 12:53:24	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.2	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	326	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	19	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	154.799987616	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	pt25061001	Id of event.
Event Code	25061001	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt25061001,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.6 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-68.837° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

19.174° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

5.7 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

30 km NE of Miches, 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

2025-03-02 12:40:35

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2025-03-02 12:53:24

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

2.2

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

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

326

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

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

154.799987616

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

pt25061001

Id of event.

Event Code

25061001

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,pt25061001,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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