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Minor earthquake 3.4 mag, 12 km ESE of San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic

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A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís in Dominican Republic on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qdi6. Unique identifier: us7000qdi6. Global time and date of event 18/07/25 / 2025-07-18 18:14:24 / July 18, 2025 @ 6:14 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 18:14:24 / 6:14 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -69.1969 West, latitude 18.4203 North, depth = 152.248 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 152.248 km (95 miles).

Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bella Vista, Cristo Rey, La Agustina. The epicenter was 12 km (7 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Bella Vista (c. 175 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Villa Francisca (c. 50 200 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 12 km ESE of San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-69.1969° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.4203° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	152.248 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	12 km ESE of San Pedro de Macorís, 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	2025-07-18 18:14:24	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-07-18 21:59:29	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	178	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	19	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.685	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.89 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	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000qdi6	Id of event.
Event Code	7000qdi6	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000qdi6,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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