M4.5 earthquake Leeward Islands
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Leeward Islands on Sun, Jun 1, 1986, 3:28 AM AST (07:28 UTC), 159 km (99 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-06-01 07:28:14 UTC
- Depth
- 159.2 km (98.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.147° N, 61.238° W
- Region
- Dominica
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.8Windward Islands · 14704 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.970 km E of La Plaine, Dominica · 14700 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.361 km ESE of Grand-Bourg, Guadeloupe · 14699 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.851 km E of Grand-Bourg, Guadeloupe · 14698 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.887 km NE of Sainte-Marie, Martinique · 14687 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.684 km WSW of Pointe Michel, Dominica · 14685 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
Before
- 2.760 km ENE of La Trinité, Martinique · 14741 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.277 km ENE of Sainte-Marie, Martinique · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.972 km ENE of Marigot, Dominica · 14751 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.835 km ENE of Grand-Bourg, Guadeloupe · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002unq. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 11:37 AM UTC.