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Minor earthquake: M3.94 quake has struck near Santa Cruz de El Seibo in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on September 9, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.7563S, -68.96WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.94 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 139 km (86 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -68.96° West, latitude 18.7563° North, depth = 139 km. The 3.94-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:07:35 / 2:07 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2025252000. Unique identifier: pr2025252000. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/09/25 / 2025-09-09 02:07:35 / September 9, 2025 @ 2:07 am.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monte Plata, Las Terrenas, Sánchez. The epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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 E of Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.94 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.96° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.7563° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 139 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8 km E of Santa Cruz de El Seibo, 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 2025-09-09 02:07:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-09-09 02:54:33 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 239 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 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5803 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 164 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 pr2025252000 Id of event.
Event Code 2025252000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2025252000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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