Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag was detected near Dieppe Bay Town in Saint Kitts and Nevis

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A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Dieppe Bay Town in Saint Kitts and Nevis. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/05/25 / 2025-05-30 21:52:14 / May 30, 2025 @ 9:52 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:52:14 / 9:52 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -62.8401° West, 17.4465° North, depth 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pt25150001, us6000qgzw. Unique identifier: us6000qgzw.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Marigot, Cul de Sac, Philipsburg (min 5000 pop). 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). The epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) from Basseterre (c. 12 900 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Cul de Sac (c. 8 500 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Gustavia (c. 6 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Marigot (c. 5 700 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Fig Tree (c. 2 900 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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. 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: 4 km NW of Dieppe Bay Town, Saint Kitts and Nevis.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-62.8401° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	17.4465° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	4 km NW 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 22:32:06	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	121	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	,pt,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	8	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.142	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.47 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	145	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	us6000qgzw	Id of event.
Event Code	6000qgzw	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt25150001,us6000qgzw,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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