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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on June 24, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.018S, -68.104WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:26:55 / 6:26 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -68.104° West, latitude 19.018° North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/06/25 / 2025-06-24 06:26:55 / June 24, 2025 @ 6:26 am. Event id: pt25175002. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt25175002.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Miches, San Rafael del Yuma, Salvaleón de Higüey (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-six 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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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: 57 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.104° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.018° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 57 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 06:26:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-24 06:31:20 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 354 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 pt25175002 Id of event.
Event Code 25175002 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt25175002, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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