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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Samaná in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on June 14, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.4382S, -69.1087WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Samaná in Dominican Republic on Saturday. Id of earthquake: us6000qk8s. Event ids that are associated: pt25165001, us6000qk8s. The epicenter was at a depth of 10.263 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:27:38 / 6:27 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/06/25 / 2025-06-14 06:27:38 / June 14, 2025 @ 6:27 am. Exact location of earthquake, -69.1087° West, 19.4382° North, depth 10.263 km.

Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sabana Grande de Boyá, Villa Riva, El Factor (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Nagua (c. 33 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Sabana Grande de Boyá (c. 16 800 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 35 km NE of Samaná, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.1087° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.4382° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.263 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35 km NE of Samaná, 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 06:27:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-14 06:40:02 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 2.7 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 285 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 ,pt,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 78 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.166 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.59 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 103 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000qk8s Id of event.
Event Code 6000qk8s An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt25165001,us6000qk8s, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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