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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Grand-Bourg in Guadeloupe

Posted by admin on March 3, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 15.9025S, -60.9736WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Grand-Bourg in Guadeloupe. Id of earthquake: us6000pwq0. Event ids that are associated: us6000pwq0. The epicenter was at a depth of 37.176 km (23 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -60.9736 West, latitude 15.9025 North, depth = 37.176 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/03/25 / 2025-03-03 22:44:38 / March 3, 2025 @ 10:44 pm. The temblor was detected at 22:44:38 / 10:44 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Guadeloupe (c. 443 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pointe-Noire, Sainte-Rose, Bouillante. Epicenter of the event was 70 km (43 miles) from Les Abymes (c. 63 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Baie-Mahault (c. 30 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Le Gosier (c. 28 700 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Petit-Bourg (c. 25 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Sainte-Anne (c. 22 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Le Moule (c. 22 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Sainte-Rose (c. 20 200 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 one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 36 km E of Grand-Bourg, Guadeloupe.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -60.9736° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.9025° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 37.176 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36 km E of Grand-Bourg, Guadeloupe Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-03-03 22:44:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-03 22:57:56 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 326 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 37 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.417 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.99 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 161 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 us6000pwq0 Id of event.
Event Code 6000pwq0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pwq0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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