A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Vieux Fort in Saint Lucia. Global time and date of event 13/08/24 / 2024-08-13 05:55:50 / August 13, 2024 @ 5:55 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 133.542 km (83 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:55:50 / 5:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -60.8992° West, latitude 13.4669° North, depth = 133.542 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000npvk. Id of event: us6000npvk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Saint Lucia (c. 161 000 pop), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (c. 104 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gros Islet, Bisée, Port Elizabeth (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 49 km (31 miles) from Kingstown (c. 24 500 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Castries (c. 20 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Kingstown Park (c. 18 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Bisée (c. 13 000 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Vieux Fort (c. 4 600 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Micoud (c. 3 400 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
Questions or comments?
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. 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: 28 km S of Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia.
Copyright © 2024 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply