A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Sainte-Marie in Martinique. The temblor was picked up at 03:54:10 / 3:54 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -60.3974° West, 15.1151° North, depth 5.77 km. Id of earthquake: us70006xq9. Event ids that are associated: us70006xq9. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/12/19 / 2019-12-26 07:54:10 / December 26, 2019 @ 7:54 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.77 km (4 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fort-de-France, Sainte-Luce, Rivière-Pilote (min 5000 pop). The 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), 74 km (46 miles) from Sainte-Marie (c. 20 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Le François (c. 19 700 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Ducos (c. 17 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Martinique (c. 433 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 73 km ENE of Sainte-Marie, Martinique. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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