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Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Oranjestad in Bonaire in Saint Eustatius and Saba


Earthquake location 17.6467S, -62.8649WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Oranjestad in Bonaire in Saint Eustatius and Saba . The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 111.014 km (69 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 12:59:26 / 12:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -62.8649° West, latitude 17.6467° North, depth = 111.014 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/12/24 / 2024-12-30 12:59:26 / December 30, 2024 @ 12:59 pm. Unique identifier: us6000pghf. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pghf.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Saint Barthelemy (c. 8 000 pop), Saint Kitts and Nevis (c. 51 000 pop), Saint Martin (c. 36 000 pop), Sint Maarten (c. 37 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 42 km (26 miles) from Basseterre (c. 12 900 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Cul de Sac (c. 8 500 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Gustavia (c. 6 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Marigot (c. 5 700 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Fig Tree (c. 2 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Market Shop (c. 2 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Market Shop, The Valley, Fig Tree (min 5000 pop).

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 two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. 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: 22 km NE of Oranjestad, Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba .

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -62.8649° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.6467° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 111.014 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22 km NE of Oranjestad, Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-30 12:59:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-06 06:57:28 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 246 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 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.189 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.44 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 153 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 us6000pghf Id of event.
Event Code 6000pghf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pghf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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