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Light earthquake: M4.15 quake has struck near San Rafael del Yuma in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on March 19, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.4413S, -68.7381WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.15 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma in Dominican Republic. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/03/25 / 2025-03-19 18:50:25 / March 19, 2025 @ 6:50 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.7381 West, latitude 18.4413 North, depth = 116 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 116 km (72 miles). The temblor was detected at 18:50:25 / 6:50 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2025078002. Unique identifier: pr2025078002.

Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Boca Chica, El Valle, Los Llanos (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 6 km W of San Rafael del Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.15 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.7381° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.4413° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 116 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6 km W of San Rafael del Yuma, 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 2025-03-19 18:50:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-19 19:35:12 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 265 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 ,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.364 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.27 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 167 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 pr2025078002 Id of event.
Event Code 2025078002 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2025078002, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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