A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Dennery in Saint Lucia. 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 53.884 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/05/24 / 2024-05-14 16:54:55 / May 14, 2024 @ 4:54 pm. Exact location, longitude -60.0988° West, latitude 13.9459° North, depth = 53.884 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:54:55 / 4:54 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000myk3. Unique identifier: us6000myk3.
Country/countries that might be effected, Barbados (c. 286 000 pop), Saint Lucia (c. 161 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bisée, Gros Islet, Speightstown (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Bisée (c. 13 000 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Speightstown (c. 3 600 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Micoud (c. 3 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Dennery (c. 2 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Gros Islet (c. 2 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Praslin (c. 1 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 85 km E of Dennery, Saint Lucia.
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