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Minor earthquake, 3.85 mag was detected near La Romana in Dominican Republic

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A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.85 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic. The 3.85-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:39:38 / 3:39 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 151 km (94 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2025079001. Unique identifier: pr2025079001. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.8328 West, latitude 18.419 North, depth = 151 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/03/25 / 2025-03-20 03:39:38 / March 20, 2025 @ 3:39 am UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was El Valle, Boca Chica, Los Llanos. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 49 km (31 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy 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. 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: 14 km E of La Romana, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.85 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.8328° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.419° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	151 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	14 km E of La Romana, 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	2025-03-20 03:39:38	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-03-20 04:06:18	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	228	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	19	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.4613	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.46 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	202	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	pr2025079001	Id of event.
Event Code	2025079001	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr2025079001,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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