Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Dieppe Bay Town in Saint Kitts and Nevis

A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Dieppe Bay Town in Saint Kitts and Nevis. The temblor was detected at 21:52:14 / 9:52 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt25150001. Id of event: pt25150001. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -62.836° West, latitude 17.489° North, depth = 10 km. 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: 30/05/25 / 2025-05-30 21:52:14 / May 30, 2025 @ 9:52 pm.

Epicenter of the event was 25 km (15 miles) from Basseterre (c. 12 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Cul de Sac (c. 8 500 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Gustavia (c. 6 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Marigot (c. 5 700 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Fig Tree (c. 2 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Market Shop (c. 2 600 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Saint Paul’s (c. 2 500 pop). Close 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). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was The Valley, Marigot, Cul de Sac (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 8 km NNW of Dieppe Bay Town, Saint Kitts and Nevis. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Basseterre Cul de Sac Dieppe Bay Town Fig Tree Gustavia Marigot Market Shop Saint Barthelemy Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Martin Saint Paul’s Sint Maarten The Valley

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-62.836° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	17.489° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	8 km NNW of Dieppe Bay Town, Saint Kitts and Nevis	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-05-30 21:52:14	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-05-30 22:02:45	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	326	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	pt	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pt,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	7	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	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	Ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	pt25150001	Id of event.
Event Code	25150001	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt25150001,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.6 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-62.836° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

17.489° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

8 km NNW of Dieppe Bay Town, Saint Kitts and Nevis

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

Time

2025-05-30 21:52:14

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2025-05-30 22:02:45

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

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

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,pt,

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

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

Root Mean Square

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

pt25150001

Id of event.

Event Code

25150001

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

Event IDS

,pt25150001,

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

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