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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Samaná in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on April 29, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.4259S, -69.0825WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Samaná in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 03:21:19 / 3:21 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000pvq8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt25119050, us7000pvq8. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.0825 West, latitude 19.4259 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 29/04/25 / 2025-04-29 03:21:19 / April 29, 2025 @ 3:21 am UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Nagua (c. 33 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Sabana Grande de Boyá (c. 16 800 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaymate, Sabana Grande de Boyá, Villa Riva (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 36 km NE of Samaná, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.0825° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.4259° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36 km NE of Samaná, 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 03:21:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-29 03:37:43 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 298 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 ,pt,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 80 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.168 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.18 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 93 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000pvq8 Id of event.
Event Code 7000pvq8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt25119050,us7000pvq8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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