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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Las Terrenas in Dominican Republic

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Las Terrenas in Dominican Republic on Thursday. Unique identifier: us6000qjqj. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qjqj. Exact location of event, longitude -69.6246 West, latitude 19.5324 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/06/25 / 2025-06-12 02:50:23 / June 12, 2025 @ 2:50 am. 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). The temblor was reported at 02:50:23 / 2:50 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yamasá, Rincón, Hato Mayor del Rey (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from San Francisco de Macorís (c. 124 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Salcedo (c. 45 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Cotuí (c. 41 600 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Nagua (c. 33 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Bayaguana (c. 21 100 pop).

Every 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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 25 km NNW of Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-69.6246° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.5324° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	25 km NNW of Las Terrenas, 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	2025-06-12 02:50:23	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-06-12 03:08:33	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.1	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	299	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	33	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.477	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.3 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	120	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000qjqj	Id of event.
Event Code	6000qjqj	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000qjqj,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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