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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 73 km ENE of Petite Riviere Salee, Martinique


Earthquake location 15.0842S, -60.3726WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Petite Riviere Salee in Martinique. The temblor was reported at 00:24:47 / 12:24 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 31/05/19 / 2019-05-31 04:24:47 / May 31, 2019 @ 4:24 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us70003tij. Ids that are associated to the event: us70003tij. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, -60.3726° West, 15.0842° North.

Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Fort-de-France (c. 90 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Le Lamentin (c. 39 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Le Robert (c. 23 800 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Sainte-Marie (c. 20 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Le François (c. 19 700 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Ducos (c. 17 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Martinique (c. 433 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fort-de-France, Sainte-Luce, Le Morne-Rouge (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 73 km ENE of Petite Riviere Salee, Martinique.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -60.3726° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.0842° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 73km ENE of Petite Riviere Salee, Martinique Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-05-31 04:24:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-05-31 04:47:33 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 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.575 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 186 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 us70003tij Id of event.
Event Code 70003tij An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70003tij, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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