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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Anse-Bertrand in Guadeloupe

Posted by admin on May 20, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 16.778S, -61.1896WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Anse-Bertrand in Guadeloupe. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:55:08 / 12:55 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mzr6. Unique identifier: us6000mzr6. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -61.1896 West, latitude 16.778 North, depth = 39.509 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 39.509 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/05/24 / 2024-05-20 00:55:08 / May 20, 2024 @ 12:55 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Capesterre-Belle-Eau, Pointe-Noire, Bolands. The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Les Abymes (c. 63 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Baie-Mahault (c. 30 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Le Gosier (c. 28 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Petit-Bourg (c. 25 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Saint John’s (c. 24 200 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Sainte-Anne (c. 22 900 pop). Close country/countries, Antigua and Barbuda (c. 87 000 pop), Guadeloupe (c. 443 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 47 km NE of Anse-Bertrand, Guadeloupe. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -61.1896° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.778° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 39.509 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 47 km NE of Anse-Bertrand, Guadeloupe Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-20 00:55:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-20 01:07:33 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 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 298 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 33 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.416 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 187 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 us6000mzr6 Id of event.
Event Code 6000mzr6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mzr6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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