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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 35 km WNW of Pointe-Noire, Guadeloupe

Posted by admin on August 15, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 16.389S, -62.0841WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Pointe-Noire in Guadeloupe on Friday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 178.407 km (111 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000r0vv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r0vv. Exact location of event, longitude -62.0841 West, latitude 16.389 North, depth = 178.407 km. The temblor was reported at 01:52:44 / 1:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/08/25 / 2025-08-15 01:52:44 / August 15, 2025 @ 1:52 am UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Saint-François, Piggotts, Parham (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Les Abymes (c. 63 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Baie-Mahault (c. 30 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Le Gosier (c. 28 700 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Petit-Bourg (c. 25 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Saint John’s (c. 24 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Sainte-Anne (c. 22 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Antigua and Barbuda (c. 87 000 pop), Guadeloupe (c. 443 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 35 km WNW of Pointe-Noire, Guadeloupe.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -62.0841° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.389° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 178.407 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35 km WNW of Pointe-Noire, Guadeloupe Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-08-15 01:52:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-15 02:06:18 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 284 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 35 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.556 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 75 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 us6000r0vv Id of event.
Event Code 6000r0vv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000r0vv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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