A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Le Vauclin in Martinique. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us100040lx. Ids that are associated to the event: us100040lx. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:06:35 / 10:06 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 52.09 km, -60.2609° West, 14.4611° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 52.09 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 24/11/15 / 2015-11-24 02:06:35 / November 24, 2015 @ 2:06 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Fort-de-France (c. 90 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Le Lamentin (c. 39 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Le Robert (c. 23 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Sainte-Marie (c. 20 400 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Castries (c. 20 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Le François (c. 19 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Ducos (c. 17 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Castries, Praslin, Le Lorrain (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Saint Lucia (c. 161 000 pop), Martinique (c. 433 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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