Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Samaná in Dominican Republic

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Samaná in Dominican Republic on Saturday. Id of earthquake: pt25165001. Event ids that are associated: pt25165001. The temblor was detected at 06:27:37 / 6:27 am (local time epicenter). 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). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/06/25 / 2025-06-14 06:27:37 / June 14, 2025 @ 6:27 am. Exact location, longitude -69.123° West, latitude 19.403° North, depth = 10 km.

Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 98 km (61 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Nagua (c. 33 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Bayaguana (c. 21 100 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Quisqueya (c. 17 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Sabana Grande de Boyá (c. 16 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Quisqueya, Salvaleón de Higüey, Castillo.

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 31 km NE of Samaná, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-69.123° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.403° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	31 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 06:27:37	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-06-14 06:34:10	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	340	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	pt	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pt,	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		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap		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	pt25165001	Id of event.
Event Code	25165001	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt25165001,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.7 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-69.123° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

19.403° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

31 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 06:27:37

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2025-06-14 06:34:10

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

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

340

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,pt,

A comma-separated list of network contributors.

Number of Stations Used

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

pt25165001

Id of event.

Event Code

25165001

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,pt25165001,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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