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Minor earthquake, 3.84 mag was detected near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on June 28, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.788S, -68.222WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.84 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The 3.84-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:06:40 / 5:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.222 West, latitude 18.788 North, depth = 61 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/06/25 / 2025-06-28 05:06:40 / June 28, 2025 @ 5:06 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: pr2025179000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2025179000. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 61 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Guaymate, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 55 km (34 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fifty-four, in the past 30 days sixty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 29 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.84 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.222° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.788° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 61 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 29 km NE 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 2025-06-28 05:06:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-28 05:37:05 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 227 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 ,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.3171 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 161 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 pr2025179000 Id of event.
Event Code 2025179000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2025179000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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