A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Petite Riviere Salee in Martinique. The temblor was reported at 00:24:47 / 12:24 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 31/05/19 / 2019-05-31 04:24:47 / May 31, 2019 @ 4:24 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us70003tij. Ids that are associated to the event: us70003tij. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, -60.3726° West, 15.0842° North.
Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Fort-de-France (c. 90 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Le Lamentin (c. 39 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Le Robert (c. 23 800 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Sainte-Marie (c. 20 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Le François (c. 19 700 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Ducos (c. 17 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Martinique (c. 433 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fort-de-France, Sainte-Luce, Le Morne-Rouge (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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 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: 73 km ENE of Petite Riviere Salee, Martinique.
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