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Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag strikes near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on June 24, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.1375S, -68.0756WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) was reported 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. The 5.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:45:40 / 2:45 am (local time epicenter). 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: 24/06/25 / 2025-06-24 02:45:40 / June 24, 2025 @ 2:45 am. Exact location of earthquake, -68.0756° West, 19.1375° North, depth 10 km. Unique identifier: us7000q8bs. Ids that are associated to the event: pt25175001, us7000q8bs. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 104 km (64 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 113 km (70 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaymate, Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Miches. Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 70 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.0756° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1375° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 70 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 02:45:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-24 02:56:07 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 29 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.1 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 512 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 63 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.684 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.06 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 99 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000q8bs Id of event.
Event Code 7000q8bs An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt25175001,us7000q8bs, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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