Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Roseau in Dominica

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Roseau in Dominica. The temblor was reported at 13:32:06 / 1:32 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 event, depth 142.45 km, -61.3741° West, 15.3248° North. Unique identifier: us200041nd. Ids that are associated to the event: us200041nd. Global time and date of event 03/11/15 / 2015-11-03 17:32:06 / November 3, 2015 @ 5:32 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 142.45 km (89 miles).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sainte-Anne, Petit-Bourg, Bouillante. Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Fort-de-France (c. 90 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Le Lamentin (c. 39 200 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Le Gosier (c. 28 700 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Petit-Bourg (c. 25 000 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Le Robert (c. 23 800 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Sainte-Anne (c. 22 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Sainte-Marie (c. 20 400 pop). Close country/countries, Guadeloupe (c. 443 000 pop), Martinique (c. 433 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 2 km NNE of Roseau, Dominica.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-61.3741° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	15.3248° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	142.45 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	2km NNE of Roseau, Dominica	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-11-03 17:32:06	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-11-03 17:48:08	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-240	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	0	The total number of felt reports
CDI	1	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	354	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		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.123	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	52	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	us200041nd	Id of event.
Event Code	200041nd	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us200041nd,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.8 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-61.3741° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

15.3248° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

142.45 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

2km NNE of Roseau, Dominica

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2015-11-03 17:32:06

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2015-11-03 17:48:08

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

-240

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

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

354

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

0.123

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us200041nd

Id of event.

Event Code

200041nd

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us200041nd,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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