M4.3 earthquake 122 km NE of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 122 km NE of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe on Fri, May 16, 2014, 1:37 PM AST (17:37 UTC), 15 km (9 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-05-16 17:37:59 UTC
- Depth
- 14.9 km (9.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.154° N, 60.330° 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
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 97°
- Stations used
- 51
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2119 km NE of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe · 4523 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.1121 km NE of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe · 4523 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.6122 km NE of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe · 4523 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.8114 km NE of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe · 4523 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
Before
- 4.4124 km NE of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe · 4524 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.7106 km NE of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe · 4524 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.6117 km NE of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe · 4524 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.9115 km NE of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe · 4524 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 5.0118 km NE of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe · 4524 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.7111 km NE of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe · 4524 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 5.9114 km NE of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe · 4524 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 12 · tsunami flag
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000rat1. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:14 AM UTC.