Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 4.8mww
11 km W of Guaymate, Dominican Republic
- When
- Magnitude
- M 4.8 (mww)
- Depth
- 107 km below the surface
- Felt
- 116 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3 hours ago
This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon. 116 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 240 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 710× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 32× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 22× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 4.8 about 240 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 500× more
Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.
Revisions
USGS refines a solution as more stations report. Every change we have seen is listed here.
| What changed | From | To | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| felt reports | 115 | 116 | |
| felt reports | 110 | 115 | |
| felt reports | 105 | 110 | |
| felt reports | 102 | 105 | |
| felt reports | 91 | 102 | |
| reported intensity | 3.9 | 3.8 | |
| felt reports | 73 | 91 | |
| felt reports | 69 | 73 | |
| reported intensity | 3.8 | 3.9 | |
| felt reports | 55 | 69 |
Where
Epicentre 18.6067, -69.0863. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Aftershocks so far
No further earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 5.2 on 2026-09-27 — it released about 4 times the energy of this one.
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.