A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Basse-Pointe in Martinique. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000qidh. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qidh. The temblor was picked up at 09:06:52 / 9:06 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 151.913 km (94 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/06/25 / 2025-06-06 09:06:52 / June 6, 2025 @ 9:06 am. Exact location of event, depth 151.913 km, -61.4107° West, 14.9407° North.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Le Marin, Le Vauclin, Rivière-Pilote (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Martinique (c. 433 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 52 km (32 miles) from Fort-de-France (c. 90 000 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Le Lamentin (c. 39 200 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Le Robert (c. 23 800 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Sainte-Marie (c. 20 400 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Le François (c. 19 700 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Ducos (c. 17 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Saint-Joseph (c. 17 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 was reported nearby. 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. 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: 32 km WNW of Basse-Pointe, Martinique.

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