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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Ramón Santana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on August 26, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.4879S, -69.1184WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Ramón Santana in Dominican Republic. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:40:38 / 11:40 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/08/25 / 2025-08-25 11:40:38 / August 25, 2025 @ 11:40 am. Event id: us6000r3m1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt25237001, us6000r3m1. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 101.967 km (63 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.1184 West, latitude 18.4879 North, depth = 101.967 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Santo Domingo (c. 2 201 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Santo Domingo Oeste (c. 701 300 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Bella Vista (c. 175 700 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santo Domingo Oeste, Santo Domingo, Bella Vista (min 5000 pop).

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

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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: 8 km SE of Ramón Santana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.1184° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.4879° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 101.967 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8 km SE of Ramón Santana, 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 2025-08-25 11:40:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-25 12:51:08 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 299 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 ,pt,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 82 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.7 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 77 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 us6000r3m1 Id of event.
Event Code 6000r3m1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt25237001,us6000r3m1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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