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Minor earthquake: M3.9 quake has struck near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on August 10, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.2456S, -68.7666WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 122 km (76 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.7666 West, latitude 18.2456 North, depth = 122 km. Global time and date of event 10/08/25 / 2025-08-10 07:10:57 / August 10, 2025 @ 7:10 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 07:10:57 / 7:10 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2025222000. Unique identifier: pr2025222000.

The epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Los Llanos, Miches, Hato Mayor del Rey (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 22 km SW of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.7666° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.2456° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 122 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22 km SW 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 2025-08-10 07:10:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-10 08:37:42 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 234 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 ,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.4694 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.55 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 183 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 pr2025222000 Id of event.
Event Code 2025222000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2025222000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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