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Light earthquake: M4.04 quake has struck near La Romana in Dominican Republic

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Earthquake location 18.4068S, -68.9528WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.04 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/06/25 / 2025-06-30 23:21:19 / June 30, 2025 @ 11:21 pm. Exact location, longitude -68.9528° West, latitude 18.4068° North, depth = 110 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: pr2025181005. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2025181005. The temblor was detected at 23:21:19 / 11:21 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 110 km (68 miles) below the earth’s surface.

The epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 3 km (2 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sabana de La Mar, Bayaguana, El Valle (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 3 km SE of La Romana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.04 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.9528° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.4068° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 110 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3 km SE of La Romana, 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 2025-06-30 23:21:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-30 23:56:23 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 251 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 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5813 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.59 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 171 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 pr2025181005 Id of event.
Event Code 2025181005 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2025181005, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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