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Minor earthquake, 3.69 mag has occurred near Salvaleón de Higüey in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on July 14, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.5951S, -68.8185WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.69 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey in Dominican Republic. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/07/25 / 2025-07-14 00:33:31 / July 14, 2025 @ 12:33 am. Event id: pr2025195000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2025195000. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.8185 West, latitude 18.5951 North, depth = 151 km. The temblor was picked up at 00:33:31 / 12:33 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 151 km (94 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Event epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Boca Chica, Sabana de La Mar, El Valle (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days sixty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 11 km W of Salvaleón de Higüey, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.69 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.8185° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.5951° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 151 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11 km W of Salvaleón de Higüey, 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 2025-07-14 00:33:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-14 01:30:42 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 209 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 9 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.4446 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.13 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 181 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 pr2025195000 Id of event.
Event Code 2025195000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2025195000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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