Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag has occurred near Salvaleón de Higüey in Dominican Republic

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey in Dominican Republic on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 143.202 km (89 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000q4cb. Event ids that are associated: us6000q4cb. The temblor was detected at 04:00:48 / 4:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -68.6832° West, 18.6265° North, depth 143.202 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/04/25 / 2025-04-06 04:00:48 / April 6, 2025 @ 4:00 am.

Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 3 km (2 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Quisqueya, San Pedro de Macorís, Hato Mayor del Rey (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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: 2 km ENE of Salvaleón de Higüey, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.6832° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.6265° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	143.202 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	2 km ENE of Salvaleón de Higüey, 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	2025-04-06 04:00:48	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-04-06 04:15:59	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	129	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	0.308	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.9 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	149	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	us6000q4cb	Id of event.
Event Code	6000q4cb	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000q4cb,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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