Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Nicola Town in Saint Kitts and Nevis

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Nicola Town in Saint Kitts and Nevis. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:14:03 / 4:14 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 13.69 km (9 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/10/20 / 2020-10-09 04:14:03 / October 9, 2020 @ 4:14 am. Exact location of event, longitude -62.4897 West, latitude 17.8389 North, depth = 13.69 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000c6ya. Ids that are associated to the event: pt20283001, us6000c6ya.

Nearby country/countries, Saint Barthelemy (c. 8 000 pop), Saint Kitts and Nevis (c. 51 000 pop), Saint Martin (c. 36 000 pop), Sint Maarten (c. 37 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Basseterre (c. 12 900 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Cul de Sac (c. 8 500 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Gustavia (c. 6 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Marigot (c. 5 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Fig Tree (c. 2 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Market Shop (c. 2 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Saint Paul’s (c. 2 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was The Bottom, Fig Tree, Market Shop (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 58 km NNE of Nicola Town, Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Basseterre Cul de Sac Fig Tree Gustavia Marigot Market Shop Nicola Town Saint Barthelemy Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Martin Saint Paul’s Sint Maarten The Bottom

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-62.4897° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	17.8389° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	13.69 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	58 km NNE of Nicola Town, Saint Kitts and Nevis	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-10-09 04:14:03	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-10-09 04:37:03	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	24	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	335	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pt,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.581	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.39 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	60	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000c6ya	Id of event.
Event Code	6000c6ya	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt20283001,us6000c6ya,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.6 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-62.4897° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

17.8389° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

13.69 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

58 km NNE of Nicola Town, Saint Kitts and Nevis

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2020-10-09 04:14:03

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2020-10-09 04:37:03

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

4.1

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.

Alert Level

The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.

Review Status

reviewed

Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.

Tsunami

This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.

SIG

335

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,pt,us,

A comma-separated list of network contributors.

Number of Stations Used

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

0.581

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.39 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us6000c6ya

Id of event.

Event Code

6000c6ya

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,pt20283001,us6000c6ya,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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