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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near La Romana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on April 18, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.3423S, -68.8378WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/04/25 / 2025-04-18 20:48:24 / April 18, 2025 @ 8:48 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: pr2025108001. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2025108001. The temblor was picked up at 20:48:24 / 8:48 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 156 km (97 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -68.8378° West, 18.3423° North, depth 156 km.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was El Valle, Boca Chica, Los Llanos (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 50 km (31 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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: 17 km ESE of La Romana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.8378° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.3423° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 156 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17 km ESE 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 2025-04-18 20:48:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-18 21:22:25 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 259 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.4876 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.5 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 176 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 pr2025108001 Id of event.
Event Code 2025108001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2025108001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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