Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Grande Anse in Guadeloupe

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Grande Anse in Guadeloupe on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/11/16 / 2016-11-06 18:27:14 / November 6, 2016 @ 6:27 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -60.8763 West, latitude 16.8131 North, depth = 33.58 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100075vn. Id of event: us100075vn. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:27:14 / 2:27 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.58 km (21 miles).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Baie-Mahault, Pointe-à-Pitre, Le Gosier. Close country/countries that might be effected, Guadeloupe (c. 443 000 pop). Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Les Abymes (c. 63 100 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Baie-Mahault (c. 30 600 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Le Gosier (c. 28 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Sainte-Anne (c. 22 900 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Le Moule (c. 22 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Pointe-à-Pitre (c. 18 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Saint-François (c. 12 700 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days nine 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 60 km NNE of Grande Anse, Guadeloupe.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-60.8763° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	16.8131° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	33.58 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	60km 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	2016-11-06 18:27:14	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-11-06 18:51:42	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	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	326	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	0.529	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.07 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	134	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	us100075vn	Id of event.
Event Code	100075vn	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us100075vn,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.6 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-60.8763° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

16.8131° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

33.58 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

60km 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

2016-11-06 18:27:14

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2016-11-06 18:51:42

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

326

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

0.529

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

Root Mean Square

1.07 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

134

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

us100075vn

Id of event.

Event Code

100075vn

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

Event IDS

,us100075vn,

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

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