A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Grande Anse in Guadeloupe on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -60.8914 West, latitude 16.0848 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 06:15:08 / 6:15 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/07/19 / 2019-07-25 10:15:08 / July 25, 2019 @ 10:15 am. Id of earthquake: us60004vbf. Event ids that are associated: us60004vbf.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Guadeloupe (c. 443 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pointe-Noire, Saint Joseph, Bouillante. Event epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Les Abymes (c. 63 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Baie-Mahault (c. 30 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Le Gosier (c. 28 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Petit-Bourg (c. 25 000 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Sainte-Anne (c. 22 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Le Moule (c. 22 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Sainte-Rose (c. 20 200 pop).
Each 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 two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 31 km SE of Grande Anse, Guadeloupe. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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