A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Baillif in Guadeloupe. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/04/18 / 2018-04-28 00:15:22 / April 28, 2018 @ 12:15 am. The temblor was reported at 20:15:22 / 8:15 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -61.7434 West, latitude 16.0215 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000dufr. Id of event: us1000dufr.
Event epicenter was 38 km (23 miles) from Les Abymes (c. 63 100 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Baie-Mahault (c. 30 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Le Gosier (c. 28 700 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Petit-Bourg (c. 25 000 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Sainte-Anne (c. 22 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Le Moule (c. 22 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Guadeloupe (c. 443 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pont Cassé, Saint Joseph, Wesley (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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