M5.9 earthquake 144 km E of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck 144 km E of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe on Sun, Dec 28, 1969, 8:51 PM GMT-4 (00:51 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 145 km ESE of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.9 (Mw, moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- ISC-GEM global catalog
- Local time
- UTC
- 1969-12-29 00:51:50 UTC
- Depth
- 22.4 km (13.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.122° N, 59.734° W
- Region
- Guadeloupe
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- From location
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.9 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.6160 km ESE of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe · 20722 days ago · 36 km deep · 37 km away
- 6.0145 km ESE of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe · 20721 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
Before
- 5.7154 km E of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe · 20732 days ago · 20 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.5170 km ESE of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe · 20733 days ago · 31 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.5136 km E of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe · 20733 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
- 6.1133 km ESE of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe · 20734 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.6150 km ESE of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe · 20734 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
- 7.2162 km ESE of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe · 20734 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event iscgem801638. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:48 PM UTC.