Minor earthquake 2.8 mag, 23 km E of Miches, Dominican Republic

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A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rhe5. Id of event: us6000rhe5. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 118.468 km (74 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -68.829° West, 18.9693° North, depth 118.468 km. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:52:05 / 10:52 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/10/25 / 2025-10-15 22:52:05 / October 15, 2025 @ 10:52 pm.

The epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quisqueya, San Pedro de Macorís, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.829° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.9693° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	118.468 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	23 km E 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	2025-10-15 22:52:05	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-11-10 05:05:22	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	121	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	14	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.62	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.97 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	177	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000rhe5	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rhe5	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rhe5,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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