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Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag has occurred near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on August 5, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.212S, -68.32WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Id of earthquake: pt25217001. Event ids that are associated: pt25217001. The temblor was picked up at 09:23:48 / 9:23 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/08/25 / 2025-08-05 09:23:48 / August 5, 2025 @ 9:23 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 194.6 km (121 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.32 West, latitude 18.212 North, depth = 194.6 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Miches, Rincón, San Pedro de Macorís (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 107 km (66 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 115 km (71 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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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: 35 km ESE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.32° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.212° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 194.6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35 km ESE of Boca de 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 2025-08-05 09:23:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-05 09:30:17 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.3 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 501 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pt The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 52 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Mi The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pt25217001 Id of event.
Event Code 25217001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt25217001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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