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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag has occurred near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on June 25, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.2405S, -68.1903WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/06/25 / 2025-06-25 21:36:15 / June 25, 2025 @ 9:36 pm. Exact location of event, depth 7.588 km, -68.1903° West, 19.2405° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 7.588 km (5 miles). Unique identifier: us7000q8tq. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000q8tq. The temblor was reported at 21:36:15 / 9:36 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana. Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days fourty-eight, in the past 30 days sixty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 76 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.1903° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.2405° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.588 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 76 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 2025-06-25 21:36:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-25 21:43:17 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 129 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 ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 13 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.744 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 210 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 us7000q8tq Id of event.
Event Code 7000q8tq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000q8tq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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