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Minor earthquake: M3.97 quake has struck near San Rafael del Yuma in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on July 6, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.4858S, -68.8105WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.97 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma in Dominican Republic. Exact location of event, longitude -68.8105 West, latitude 18.4858 North, depth = 114 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/07/25 / 2025-07-06 02:42:25 / July 6, 2025 @ 2:42 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 114 km (71 miles). Unique identifier: pr2025187001. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2025187001. The 3.97-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:42:25 / 2:42 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sabana de La Mar, Boca Chica, El Valle.

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 15 km WNW of San Rafael del Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.97 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.8105° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.4858° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 114 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15 km WNW of San Rafael del Yuma, 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 2025-07-06 02:42:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-06 03:28:21 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 242 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.43 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.45 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 163 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 pr2025187001 Id of event.
Event Code 2025187001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2025187001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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