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Moderate earthquake: M5 quake has struck near Estebanía in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on October 20, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.5775S, -70.6429WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Estebanía in Dominican Republic. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/10/25 / 2025-10-20 19:13:46 / October 20, 2025 @ 7:13 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us6000rich. Event ids that are associated: us6000rich. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:13:46 / 7:13 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.6429 West, latitude 18.5775 North, depth = 10 km.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Villa Riva, Tamboril, San Víctor Arriba (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Santo Domingo (c. 2 201 900 pop), 97 km (61 miles) from Santiago de los Caballeros (c. 1 200 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Santo Domingo Oeste (c. 701 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Bella Vista (c. 175 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from San Cristóbal (c. 154 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from San Francisco de Macorís (c. 124 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Concepción de La Vega (c. 102 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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: 13 km N of Estebanía, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.6429° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.5775° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13 km N of Estebanía, 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 2025-10-20 19:13:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-20 19:33:31 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 22 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.8 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 395 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 45 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.732 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.13 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 104 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 us6000rich Id of event.
Event Code 6000rich An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rich, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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