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Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag was detected near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on August 5, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.1665S, -68.3226WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) was reported 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, -68.3226° West, 18.1665° North, depth 168 km. The temblor was detected at 09:23:51 / 9:23 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 168 km (104 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt25217001, us6000qy7q, pr2025217000. Id of event: pr2025217000. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/08/25 / 2025-08-05 09:23:51 / August 5, 2025 @ 9:23 am.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rincón, San Pedro de Macorís, Santa Cruz de El Seibo. Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 108 km (67 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 38 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.3226° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.1665° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 168 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 38 km SE 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 09:23:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-05 10:24:13 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 333 The total number of felt reports
CDI 6 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 700 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 ,pt,us,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 29 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.3523 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.46 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 184 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 pr2025217000 Id of event.
Event Code 2025217000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt25217001,us6000qy7q,pr2025217000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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