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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Oranjestad in Bonaire in Saint Eustatius and Saba

Posted by admin on August 5, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.3073S, -63.1642WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Oranjestad in Bonaire in Saint Eustatius and Saba on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 120.692 km (75 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -63.1642° West, 17.3073° North, depth 120.692 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/08/25 / 2025-08-05 10:48:39 / August 5, 2025 @ 10:48 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us6000qy87. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qy87. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:48:39 / 10:48 am (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Basseterre (c. 12 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Cul de Sac (c. 8 500 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Gustavia (c. 6 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Marigot (c. 5 700 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Fig Tree (c. 2 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Market Shop (c. 2 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, 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) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Marigot, Cul de Sac, Philipsburg (min 5000 pop).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 27 km SW of Oranjestad, Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba .

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -63.1642° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.3073° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 120.692 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 27 km SW 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 2025-08-05 10:48:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-05 13:22:32 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 298 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 56 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.254 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.54 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 73 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 us6000qy87 Id of event.
Event Code 6000qy87 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qy87, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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