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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Bayaguana in Dominican Republic

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Earthquake location 18.7885S, -69.6271WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Bayaguana in Dominican Republic. Exact location of event, depth 108.171 km, -69.6271° West, 18.7885° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/09/25 / 2025-09-01 09:27:37 / September 1, 2025 @ 9:27 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 108.171 km (67 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000qszi. Event ids that are associated: pt25244050, us7000qszi. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 09:27:37 / 9:27 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Event epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Santo Domingo (c. 2 201 900 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Santo Domingo Oeste (c. 701 300 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Bella Vista (c. 175 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from San Cristóbal (c. 154 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Baní, Paya, Rincón (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 4 km NNE of Bayaguana, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.6271° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.7885° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 108.171 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 km NNE of Bayaguana, 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 2025-09-01 09:27:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-09-01 11:24:40 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 11 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 301 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 75 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.425 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 55 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 us7000qszi Id of event.
Event Code 7000qszi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt25244050,us7000qszi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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