M4.4 earthquake 124 km NE of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 124 km NE of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe on Fri, May 16, 2014, 12:55 PM AST (16:55 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 122 km NE 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-05-16 16:55:00 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.185° N, 60.343° 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
- ±0.54
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 97°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3122 km NE of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe · 4524 days ago · 15 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.2119 km NE of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe · 4524 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.1121 km NE of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe · 4524 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.6122 km NE of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe · 4524 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.8114 km NE of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe · 4523 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
Before
- 4.7106 km NE of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe · 4524 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.6117 km NE of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe · 4525 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.9115 km NE of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe · 4525 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.0118 km NE of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe · 4525 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.7111 km NE of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe · 4525 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.9114 km NE of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe · 4525 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 12 · tsunami flag
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000rasz. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:50 AM UTC.