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Light earthquake 4.9 mag, 30 km SSE of Falmouth, Antigua and Barbuda

Posted by admin on May 17, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 16.7691S, -61.6692WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Falmouth in Antigua and Barbuda on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 20.661 km (13 miles). Unique identifier: us6000mx8v. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mx8v. Exact location, longitude -61.6692° West, latitude 16.7691° North, depth = 20.661 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:43:57 / 2:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/05/24 / 2024-05-08 14:43:57 / May 8, 2024 @ 2:43 pm.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Antigua and Barbuda (c. 87 000 pop), Guadeloupe (c. 443 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Market Shop, Codrington, Trois-Rivières. Epicenter of the event was 58 km (36 miles) from Les Abymes (c. 63 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Baie-Mahault (c. 30 600 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Le Gosier (c. 28 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Petit-Bourg (c. 25 000 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Saint John’s (c. 24 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Sainte-Anne (c. 22 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Le Moule (c. 22 700 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 30 km SSE of Falmouth, Antigua and Barbuda. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -61.6692° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.7691° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 20.661 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 30 km SSE of Falmouth, Antigua and Barbuda Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-08 14:43:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-09 09:41:43 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 43 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.5 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 389 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 ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 105 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.341 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 50 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 us6000mx8v Id of event.
Event Code 6000mx8v An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mx8v, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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