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Minor earthquake, 3.6 mag strikes near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on March 19, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.2681S, -68.0556WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was reported 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. Id of earthquake: us6000pzr6. Event ids that are associated: us6000pzr6. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.675 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/03/25 / 2025-03-19 13:36:02 / March 19, 2025 @ 1:36 pm. The temblor was reported at 13:36:02 / 1:36 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.0556 West, latitude 19.2681 North, depth = 9.675 km.

Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fifty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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 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. 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: 84 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.0556° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.2681° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.675 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 84 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 2025-03-19 13:36:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-19 13:42:04 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 199 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 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.81 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.55 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 204 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 us6000pzr6 Id of event.
Event Code 6000pzr6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pzr6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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