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Minor earthquake, 3.64 mag was detected near Otra Banda in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on May 20, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.7913S, -68.6901WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.64 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Otra Banda in Dominican Republic. The temblor was detected at 19:48:45 / 7:48 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2025140000. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000q0f2, pr2025140000. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 24 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -68.6901° West, latitude 18.7913° North, depth = 24 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/05/25 / 2025-05-20 19:48:45 / May 20, 2025 @ 7:48 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Samaná, Quisqueya, Sabana de La Mar (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km N of Otra Banda, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.64 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.6901° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.7913° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 24 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15 km N of Otra Banda, 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 2025-05-20 19:48:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-20 20:20:20 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 204 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 ,us,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.415 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 144 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 pr2025140000 Id of event.
Event Code 2025140000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000q0f2,pr2025140000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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