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Light earthquake, 4.06 mag strikes near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on June 14, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.285S, -68.6663WA light earthquake magnitude 4.06 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/06/25 / 2025-06-14 13:53:37 / June 14, 2025 @ 1:53 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -68.6663° West, 18.285° North, depth 164 km. The 4.06-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:53:37 / 1:53 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 164 km (102 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qkas, pr2025165001. Id of event: pr2025165001.

Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Miches, Quisqueya, Hato Mayor del Rey (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 seven, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km SSW of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.06 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.6663° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.285° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 164 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11 km SSW of Boca de Yuma, 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 2025-06-14 13:53:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-14 14:54:47 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 254 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 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.3655 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.5 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 206 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 pr2025165001 Id of event.
Event Code 2025165001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qkas,pr2025165001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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