Moderate earthquake: M5.8 quake has struck near Pointe Michel in Dominica

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) strikes 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Pointe Michel in Dominica on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 147.76 km (92 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 18/10/16 / 2016-10-18 22:08:14 / October 18, 2016 @ 10:08 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -61.5476 West, latitude 15.2164 North, depth = 147.76 km. The temblor was reported at 18:08:14 / 6:08 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007f6l. Id of event: us20007f6l.

Country/countries that might be effected, Guadeloupe (c. 443 000 pop), Martinique (c. 433 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Saint-François, Lamentin, Les Abymes. Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Fort-de-France (c. 90 000 pop), 117 km (73 miles) from Les Abymes (c. 63 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Le Lamentin (c. 39 200 pop), 117 km (73 miles) from Baie-Mahault (c. 30 600 pop), 110 km (69 miles) from Le Gosier (c. 28 700 pop), 109 km (67 miles) from Petit-Bourg (c. 25 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Le Robert (c. 23 800 pop), 114 km (71 miles) from Sainte-Anne (c. 22 900 pop).

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 two and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 18 km WSW of Pointe Michel, Dominica.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-61.5476° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	15.2164° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	147.76 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	18km WSW of Pointe Michel, Dominica	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-10-18 22:08:14	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-10-18 22:32:26	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-240	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	6	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.4	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	3.82	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level	green	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	520	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		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.312	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.07 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	21	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	us20007f6l	Id of event.
Event Code	20007f6l	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20007f6l,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.8 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-61.5476° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

15.2164° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

147.76 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

18km WSW of Pointe Michel, Dominica

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2016-10-18 22:08:14

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2016-10-18 22:32:26

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

-240

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

3.4

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

3.82

The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.

Alert Level

green

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

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

520

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

0.312

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1.07 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us20007f6l

Id of event.

Event Code

20007f6l

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us20007f6l,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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