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Minor earthquake, 3.84 mag has occurred near San Rafael del Yuma in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.4761S, -68.7175WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.84 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma in Dominican Republic. The 3.84-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:35:30 / 8:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 158 km, -68.7175° West, 18.4761° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 158 km (98 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/03/25 / 2025-03-20 20:35:30 / March 20, 2025 @ 8:35 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: pr2025079005. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2025079005.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Los Llanos, Quisqueya, Miches (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 15 km (10 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km NW of San Rafael del Yuma, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.84 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.7175° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.4761° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 158 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6 km NW 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 2025-03-20 20:35:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-21 00:10:51 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 227 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 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.3382 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.54 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 190 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 pr2025079005 Id of event.
Event Code 2025079005 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2025079005, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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