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Light earthquake, 4.16 mag was detected near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

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Earthquake location 19.4241S, -68.0003WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.16 (ml/mb) was reported 102 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (63 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude -68.0003 West, latitude 19.4241 North, depth = 23 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/06/25 / 2025-06-24 06:26:58 / June 24, 2025 @ 6:26 am. The 4.16-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:26:58 / 6:26 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 23 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: pr2025175008. Event ids that are associated: pt25175002, us7000q8d1, pr2025175008.

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

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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: 102 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.16 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.0003° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.4241° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 23 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 102 km NNE of Punta Cana, 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 2025-06-24 06:26:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-24 07:41:26 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 15 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.9 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 272 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 ,pt,us,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.9867 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.41 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 202 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 pr2025175008 Id of event.
Event Code 2025175008 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt25175002,us7000q8d1,pr2025175008, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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