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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 0 km WNW of La Uvilla, Dominican Republic

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Earthquake location 18.3643S, -71.218WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 0 kilometers (0 miles) from La Uvilla in Dominican Republic. Exact location, longitude -71.218° West, latitude 18.3643° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/03/25 / 2025-03-19 16:52:35 / March 19, 2025 @ 4:52 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pn4a. Unique identifier: us7000pn4a. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:52:35 / 4:52 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lascahobas, Cornillon, Fond Parisien. Epicenter of the earthquake was 21 km (13 miles) from Santa Cruz de Barahona (c. 77 200 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from San Juan de la Maguana (c. 73 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Azua (c. 59 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Constanza (c. 29 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Las Matas de Farfán (c. 21 800 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from San José de Ocoa (c. 21 100 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 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: 0 km WNW of La Uvilla, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.218° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.3643° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 0 km WNW of La Uvilla, 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 2025-03-19 16:52:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-01 22:42:59 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 284 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 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.618 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 121 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000pn4a Id of event.
Event Code 7000pn4a An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pn4a, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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