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Light earthquake, 4.55 mag strikes near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on April 29, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.2983S, -68.28WA light earthquake magnitude 4.55 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/04/25 / 2025-04-29 16:11:25 / April 29, 2025 @ 4:11 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 96 km (60 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -68.28 West, latitude 18.2983 North, depth = 96 km. The temblor was detected at 16:11:25 / 4:11 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: pr2025119001. Event ids that are associated: pt25119053, us7000pvvz, pr2025119001.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Guaymate, La Romana (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 34 km SSE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.55 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.28° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.2983° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 96 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34 km SSE of Punta Cana, 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 2025-04-29 16:11:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-29 17:02:34 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 46 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.3 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 338 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 ,pt,us,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 28 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.2383 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 191 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 pr2025119001 Id of event.
Event Code 2025119001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt25119053,us7000pvvz,pr2025119001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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