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Light earthquake, 4.24 mag was detected near San Rafael del Yuma in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on July 27, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.4405S, -68.8031WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.24 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma in Dominican Republic. Event id: pr2025207000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qve9, pr2025207000. The epicenter was at a depth of 123 km (76 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -68.8031° West, latitude 18.4405° North, depth = 123 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/07/25 / 2025-07-26 23:47:38 / July 26, 2025 @ 11:47 pm. The 4.24-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:47:38 / 11:47 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sabana de La Mar, El Valle, Boca Chica (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 52 km (32 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 13 km W of San Rafael del Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.24 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.8031° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.4405° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 123 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13 km W 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 2025-07-26 23:47:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-27 00:21:52 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 277 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 ,us,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.428 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 167 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 pr2025207000 Id of event.
Event Code 2025207000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qve9,pr2025207000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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