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Moderate earthquake 5 mag, 14 km NNE of Le Lorrain, Martinique

Posted by admin on March 25, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.9513S, -61.0103WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Le Lorrain in Martinique on Tuesday. Event id: us7000pmfx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pmfx. Exact location of earthquake, -61.0103° West, 14.9513° North, depth 114.909 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 114.909 km (71 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:53:54 / 4:53 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/03/25 / 2025-03-25 04:53:54 / March 25, 2025 @ 4:53 am.

The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Fort-de-France (c. 90 000 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Le Lamentin (c. 39 200 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Le Robert (c. 23 800 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Sainte-Marie (c. 20 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Le François (c. 19 700 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Ducos (c. 17 400 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Saint-Joseph (c. 17 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Martinique (c. 433 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bisée, Gros Islet, Portsmouth.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes 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. 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: 14 km NNE of Le Lorrain, Martinique.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -61.0103° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.9513° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 114.909 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14 km NNE of Le Lorrain, Martinique Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-03-25 04:53:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-25 05:23:11 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 385 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 81 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.217 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.92 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 91 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 us7000pmfx Id of event.
Event Code 7000pmfx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pmfx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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