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Minor earthquake 3.62 mag, 19 km E of Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on April 27, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.749S, -68.8526WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.62 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo in Dominican Republic. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 77 km (48 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.62-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:18:30 / 1:18 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2025117001. Id of event: pr2025117001. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.8526 West, latitude 18.749 North, depth = 77 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/04/25 / 2025-04-27 01:18:30 / April 27, 2025 @ 1:18 am.

Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bayaguana, Samaná, Los Llanos (min 5000 pop).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 19 km E of Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.62 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.8526° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.749° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 77 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19 km E of Santa Cruz de El Seibo, 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 2025-04-27 01:18:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-27 02:41:54 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 202 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 13 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5266 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 161 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 pr2025117001 Id of event.
Event Code 2025117001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2025117001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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