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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Grande Anse in Guadeloupe


Earthquake location 16.8041S, -60.9641WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Grande Anse in Guadeloupe on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude -60.9641 West, latitude 16.8041 North, depth = 31.83 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us200063xl. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200063xl. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/06/16 / 2016-06-12 08:56:56 / June 12, 2016 @ 8:56 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 31.83 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 04:56:56 / 4:56 am (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Les Abymes (c. 63 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Baie-Mahault (c. 30 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Le Gosier (c. 28 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Sainte-Anne (c. 22 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Le Moule (c. 22 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Pointe-à-Pitre (c. 18 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guadeloupe (c. 443 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lamentin, Parham, Falmouth (min 5000 pop).

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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 56 km NNE of Grande Anse, Guadeloupe.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -60.9641° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.8041° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 31.83 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 56km NNE of Grande Anse, Guadeloupe Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-06-12 08:56:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-06-12 09:22:13 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 284 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 0.498 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 88 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 us200063xl Id of event.
Event Code 200063xl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us200063xl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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