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Minor earthquake 3.93 mag, 5 km WNW of Salvaleón de Higüey, Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on April 6, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.6346S, -68.7565WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.93 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey in Dominican Republic on Sunday. Event id: pr2025096000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q4cb, pr2025096000. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 135 km (84 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.93-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:00:49 / 4:00 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/04/25 / 2025-04-06 04:00:49 / April 6, 2025 @ 4:00 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -68.7565 West, latitude 18.6346 North, depth = 135 km.

Epicenter of the event was 60 km (37 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 6 km (3 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Samaná, Sabana de La Mar, Los Llanos (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days two hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 5 km WNW of Salvaleón de Higüey, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.93 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.7565° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.6346° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 135 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5 km WNW 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 04:00:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-06 04:51:42 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 238 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 ,us,pr, 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 0.394 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.44 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 174 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 pr2025096000 Id of event.
Event Code 2025096000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000q4cb,pr2025096000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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