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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Luperón in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 19.8769S, -70.9459WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Luperón in Dominican Republic. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.457 km (8 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000rnmg. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rnmg. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/11/25 / 2025-11-16 19:59:40 / November 16, 2025 @ 7:59 pm. The temblor was picked up at 19:59:40 / 7:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -70.9459 West, latitude 19.8769 North, depth = 12.457 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 54 km (34 miles) from Santiago de los Caballeros (c. 1 200 000 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Puerto Plata (c. 146 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Concepción de La Vega (c. 102 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Moca (c. 61 800 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Mao (c. 48 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Salcedo (c. 45 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jarabacoa, Ouanaminthe, Dajabón (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 2 km SE of Luperón, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.9459° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.8769° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.457 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2 km SE of Luperón, 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 2025-11-16 19:59:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-16 20:44:37 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 271 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 29 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.407 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.49 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 108 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 us6000rnmg Id of event.
Event Code 6000rnmg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rnmg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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