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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near San José de Ocoa in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on September 4, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.4737S, -70.5055WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from San José de Ocoa in Dominican Republic. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/09/25 / 2025-09-04 13:28:43 / September 4, 2025 @ 1:28 pm. Id of earthquake: us7000qtrv. Event ids that are associated: us7000qtrv. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:28:43 / 1:28 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -70.5055° West, 18.4737° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 55 km (34 miles) from Santo Domingo (c. 2 201 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Santo Domingo Oeste (c. 701 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Bella Vista (c. 175 700 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from San Cristóbal (c. 154 000 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from San Francisco de Macorís (c. 124 800 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Concepción de La Vega (c. 102 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Santa Cruz de Barahona (c. 77 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Neiba, Castillo, San Francisco de Macorís (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 8 km S of San José de Ocoa, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.5055° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.4737° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8 km S of San José de Ocoa, 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 2025-09-04 13:28:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-09-04 13:43:15 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 312 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 42 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.559 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 105 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 us7000qtrv Id of event.
Event Code 7000qtrv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qtrv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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