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Minor earthquake: M2.92 quake has struck near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on October 18, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.9725S, -68.426WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/10/25 / 2025-10-18 15:56:57 / October 18, 2025 @ 3:56 pm. Exact location, longitude -68.426° West, latitude 17.9725° North, depth = 62.03 km. The temblor was reported at 15:56:57 / 3:56 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71498343. Id of event: pr71498343. The epicenter was at a depth of 62.03 km (39 miles).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, La Romana, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 48 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.92 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.426° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.9725° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 62.03 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 48 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, 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 2025-10-18 15:56:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-18 16:13:02 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 131 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 8 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5407 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.11 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 275 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 pr71498343 Id of event.
Event Code 71498343 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71498343, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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