Light earthquake 4 mag, 69 km ESE of Le Marin, Martinique

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A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Le Marin in Martinique on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -60.2625° West, latitude 14.2724° North, depth = 25.98 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/05/16 / 2016-05-30 18:55:22 / May 30, 2016 @ 6:55 pm. The temblor was reported at 14:55:22 / 2:55 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us20005z8f. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005z8f. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 25.98 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Le Lamentin (c. 39 200 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Le Robert (c. 23 800 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Castries (c. 20 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Le François (c. 19 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Ducos (c. 17 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Rivière-Pilote (c. 13 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Saint Lucia (c. 161 000 pop), Martinique (c. 433 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Le Lamentin, Les Trois-Îlets, Castries.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Castries Ducos Le François Le Lamentin Le Marin Le Robert Les Trois-Îlets Martinique Rivière-Pilote Saint Lucia

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-60.2625° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	14.2724° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	25.98 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	69km ESE of Le Marin, Martinique	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-05-30 18:55:22	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-06-21 14:29:13	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	246	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	0.603	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.83 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	169	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us20005z8f	Id of event.
Event Code	20005z8f	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20005z8f,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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