Minor earthquake: M3.3 quake has struck near Sabana de la Mar in Dominican Republic

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Sabana de la Mar in Dominican Republic on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.042 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000q0yj. Event ids that are associated: us7000q0yj. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/05/25 / 2025-05-22 21:22:02 / May 22, 2025 @ 9:22 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.4315 West, latitude 19.1053 North, depth = 10.042 km. The temblor was picked up at 21:22:02 / 9:22 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Cotuí (c. 41 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Nagua (c. 33 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cotuí, Boca Chica, Guaymate (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days seventy-seven 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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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: 6 km NW of Sabana de la Mar, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-69.4315° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.1053° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10.042 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6 km NW of Sabana de la Mar, 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	2025-05-22 21:22:02	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-05-23 02:09:51	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	168	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	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	20	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.294	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.79 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	99	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000q0yj	Id of event.
Event Code	7000q0yj	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000q0yj,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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