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Light earthquake, 4.07 mag was detected near Guaymate in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on June 6, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.6531S, -68.8791WA light earthquake magnitude 4.07 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Guaymate in Dominican Republic. Exact location, longitude -68.8791° West, latitude 18.6531° North, depth = 129 km. Global time and date of event 06/06/25 / 2025-06-06 13:32:09 / June 6, 2025 @ 1:32 pm UTC/GMT. 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 129 km (80 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qiec, pr2025157001. Unique identifier: pr2025157001. The 4.07-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:32:09 / 1:32 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bayaguana, Boca Chica, Samaná.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. 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: 12 km NE of Guaymate, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.07 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.8791° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.6531° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 129 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12 km NE of Guaymate, 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 2025-06-06 13:32:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-06 14:26:34 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 255 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 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5168 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.4 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 168 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 pr2025157001 Id of event.
Event Code 2025157001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qiec,pr2025157001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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