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Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag was detected near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on June 24, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.2245S, -68.1103WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) was reported 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 24/06/25 / 2025-06-24 02:45:43 / June 24, 2025 @ 2:45 am UTC/GMT. Event id: pr2025175000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt25175001, us7000q8bs, pr2025175000. Exact location of event, longitude -68.1103 West, latitude 19.2245 North, depth = 68 km. The temblor was picked up at 02:45:43 / 2:45 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 68 km (42 miles).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaymate, Santa Cruz de El Seibo, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 110 km (68 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 116 km (72 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 77 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.1103° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.2245° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 68 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 77 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 02:45:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-24 04:11:04 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1185 The total number of felt reports
CDI 6 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.211 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 1100 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 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.7606 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.62 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 189 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mw The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pr2025175000 Id of event.
Event Code 2025175000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt25175001,us7000q8bs,pr2025175000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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