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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on August 8, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.9259S, -68.0772WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/08/25 / 2025-08-08 00:32:29 / August 8, 2025 @ 12:32 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -68.0772° West, 18.9259° North, depth 40.012 km. Unique identifier: us6000qyzu. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qyzu. The temblor was picked up at 00:32:29 / 12:32 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 40.012 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Yuma, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 51 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.0772° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.9259° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 40.012 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 51 km NE of Punta Cana, 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 2025-08-08 00:32:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-08 00:52:10 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 340 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 37 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 86 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000qyzu Id of event.
Event Code 6000qyzu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qyzu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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