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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Basse-Pointe in Martinique


Earthquake location 14.9428S, -61.3637WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Basse-Pointe in Martinique. Global time and date of event 04/07/24 / 2024-07-04 05:10:24 / July 4, 2024 @ 5:10 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 05:10:24 / 5:10 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000mx01. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mx01. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 163.619 km (102 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -61.3637° West, 14.9428° North, depth 163.619 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Martinique (c. 433 000 pop). The epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Fort-de-France (c. 90 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Le Lamentin (c. 39 200 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Le Robert (c. 23 800 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Sainte-Marie (c. 20 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Le François (c. 19 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Ducos (c. 17 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Le Marin, Portsmouth, Le Vauclin (min 5000 pop).

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 have been detected in the same area. 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 27 km WNW of Basse-Pointe, Martinique. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -61.3637° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.9428° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 163.619 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 27 km WNW of Basse-Pointe, Martinique Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-04 05:10:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-04 06:34:17 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 284 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 0.225 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.49 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 66 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 us7000mx01 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mx01 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mx01, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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