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Minor earthquake, 3.69 mag has occurred near Miches in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on October 12, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.2368S, -68.7333WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.69 (ml/mb) was reported 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 41 km, -68.7333° West, 19.2368° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 14:18:51 / 2:18 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rgqy, pr2025285001. Id of event: pr2025285001. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/10/25 / 2025-10-12 14:18:51 / October 12, 2025 @ 2:18 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Event epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Las Terrenas, Punta Cana, Guaymate (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 43 km NE of Miches, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.69 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.7333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.2368° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 41 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 43 km NE of Miches, 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 14:18:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-12 16:30:36 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 209 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 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.458 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.19 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 196 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 pr2025285001 Id of event.
Event Code 2025285001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rgqy,pr2025285001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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