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Light earthquake, 4.07 mag was detected near Samaná in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on October 12, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.5498S, -68.829WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.07 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Samaná in Dominican Republic. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/10/25 / 2025-10-12 13:35:18 / October 12, 2025 @ 1:35 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -68.829° West, latitude 19.5498° North, depth = 34 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rgqq, pr2025285000. Id of event: pr2025285000. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 34 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 13:35:18 / 1:35 pm (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Sánchez (c. 11 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Las Terrenas (c. 7 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Sánchez, El Valle (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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: 65 km NE of Samaná, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.07 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.829° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.5498° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 65 km NE of Samaná, 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 2025-10-12 13:35:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-12 15:12:25 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 255 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 ,us,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.4434 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.57 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 242 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 pr2025285000 Id of event.
Event Code 2025285000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rgqq,pr2025285000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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