A 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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