Minor earthquake: M3.2 quake has struck near Miches in Dominican Republic

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A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic on Saturday. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/02/25 / 2025-02-22 01:40:43 / February 22, 2025 @ 1:40 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 01:40:43 / 1:40 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pfdi. Id of event: us7000pfdi. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 123.199 km (77 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -68.9389° West, 18.8866° North, depth 123.199 km.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sánchez, Las Terrenas, Bayaguana. Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 60 km (38 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-six 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.

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

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.9389° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.8866° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	123.199 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	15 km SE 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	2025-02-22 01:40:43	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-03-19 21:54:04	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	158	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	14	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.43	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.76 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	141	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	us7000pfdi	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pfdi	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pfdi,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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