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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Anse-Bertrand in Guadeloupe

Posted by admin on September 15, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 16.7191S, -61.4232WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Anse-Bertrand in Guadeloupe on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -61.4232 West, latitude 16.7191 North, depth = 60.74 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 60.74 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/09/25 / 2025-09-15 09:16:21 / September 15, 2025 @ 9:16 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qw9p. Unique identifier: us7000qw9p. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:16:21 / 9:16 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Antigua and Barbuda (c. 87 000 pop), Guadeloupe (c. 443 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 51 km (31 miles) from Les Abymes (c. 63 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Baie-Mahault (c. 30 600 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Le Gosier (c. 28 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Petit-Bourg (c. 25 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Saint John’s (c. 24 200 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Sainte-Anne (c. 22 900 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Le Moule (c. 22 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Grand-Bourg, Basse-Terre, Trois-Rivières (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate 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: 28 km NNE of Anse-Bertrand, Guadeloupe.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -61.4232° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.7191° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 60.74 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28 km NNE of Anse-Bertrand, Guadeloupe Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-09-15 09:16:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-09-15 09:36:57 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5 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 386 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 124 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.251 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 46 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000qw9p Id of event.
Event Code 7000qw9p An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qw9p, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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