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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Chateaubelair in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Posted by admin on October 3, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.4708S, -61.2256WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Chateaubelair in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 141.204 km (88 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000rehv. Event ids that are associated: us6000rehv. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:59:24 / 2:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -61.2256 West, latitude 13.4708 North, depth = 141.204 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/10/25 / 2025-10-03 14:59:24 / October 3, 2025 @ 2:59 pm.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 35 km (22 miles) from Kingstown (c. 24 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Castries (c. 20 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Kingstown Park (c. 18 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Bisée (c. 13 000 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Vieux Fort (c. 4 600 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Micoud (c. 3 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Soufrière (c. 2 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gros Islet, Bisée, Castries. Close country/countries that might be effected, Saint Lucia (c. 161 000 pop), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (c. 104 000 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 19 km N of Chateaubelair, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -61.2256° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.4708° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 141.204 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19 km N of Chateaubelair, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-10-03 14:59:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-03 15:12:32 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 354 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 68 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.258 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.88 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 56 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 us6000rehv Id of event.
Event Code 6000rehv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rehv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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