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Light earthquake 4 mag, 11 km SE of El Valle, Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on July 26, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.915S, -69.2945WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from El Valle in Dominican Republic. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -69.2945 West, latitude 18.915 North, depth = 110.404 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/07/25 / 2025-07-12 13:46:49 / July 12, 2025 @ 1:46 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 110.404 km (69 miles). The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:46:49 / 1:46 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000qc9m. Event ids that are associated: us7000qc9m.

Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santo Domingo Oeste, Santo Domingo, Bella Vista (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 86 km (54 miles) from Santo Domingo (c. 2 201 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Santo Domingo Oeste (c. 701 300 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Bella Vista (c. 175 700 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km SE of El Valle, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.2945° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.915° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 110.404 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11 km SE of El Valle, 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 2025-07-12 13:46:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-26 14:11:13 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 246 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.151 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 98 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 us7000qc9m Id of event.
Event Code 7000qc9m An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qc9m, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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