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USGS usb000qqlq

16 May 2014, 12:01

114 km NE of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe

A magnitude 5.9 mww earthquake at 5.3 km depth.

Depth5.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagFlaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 114 km NE of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe?

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17.086300, -60.364800

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

usb000qqlq

Coordinates

17.0863, -60.3648

Network

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Significance

540