A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Les Cayes in Haiti. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -73.6104° West, 17.9722° North, depth 10 km. Event id: us70005l4q. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005l4q. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:44:37 / 8:44 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 25/09/19 / 2019-09-25 13:44:37 / September 25, 2019 @ 1:44 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 28 km (18 miles) from Les Cayes (c. 125 800 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Tigwav (c. 117 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Jérémie (c. 97 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Miragoâne (c. 89 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Les Anglais (c. 8 200 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Aquin (c. 5 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Haiti (c. 9 649 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tigwav, Jérémie, Miragoâne (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 29 km SSE of Les Cayes, Haiti.
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