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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Grande Anse in Guadeloupe


Earthquake location 16.7635S, -60.976WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Grande Anse in Guadeloupe on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -60.976 West, latitude 16.7635 North, depth = 45.32 km. Id of earthquake: us10008kl1. Event ids that are associated: us10008kl1. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:53:33 / 5:53 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.32 km (28 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 25/04/17 / 2017-04-25 09:53:33 / April 25, 2017 @ 9:53 am UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Parham, Petit-Bourg, Sainte-Rose. The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Les Abymes (c. 63 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Baie-Mahault (c. 30 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Le Gosier (c. 28 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Petit-Bourg (c. 25 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Sainte-Anne (c. 22 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Le Moule (c. 22 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Guadeloupe (c. 443 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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 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: 51 km NNE of Grande Anse, Guadeloupe.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -60.976° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.7635° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 45.32 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 51km 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 2017-04-25 09:53:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-04-25 12:01:36 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 298 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 0.569 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 128 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us10008kl1 Id of event.
Event Code 10008kl1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10008kl1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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