Magnitude 6.3 - DOMINICA REGION, LEEWARD ISLANDS
2004 November 21 11:41:07 UTC
Earthquake Details
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| Magnitude | 6.3 |
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| Location | 15.699°N, 61.654°W |
| Depth | 14 km (8.7 miles) set by location program |
| Region | DOMINICA REGION, LEEWARD ISLANDS |
| Distances | 35 km (20 miles) SSE of BASSE-TERRE, Guadeloupe 50 km (30 miles) NNW of ROSEAU, Dominica 130 km (80 miles) SSE of PLYMOUTH, Montserrat 565 km (350 miles) ESE of SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico |
| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 3.7 km (2.3 miles); depth fixed by location program |
| Parameters | NST=284, Nph=284, Dmin=492.6 km, Rmss=0.84 sec, Gp= 36°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=S |
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| Event ID | usrcaz |
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Earthquake Summary
Felt Reports
One person killed, at least two others injured and several houses destroyed or damaged at Trois- Rivieres; one person injured at Capesterre-Belle-Eau; ten people suffered minor injuries on Les Saintes; at least eight houses destroyed and twenty-five damaged on Terre-de-Bas, Guadeloupe. At least twenty houses damaged and power outages occurred in northern Dominica. Felt in Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Kitts and Nevis and as far as Saint Lucia.
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- Preliminary Earthquake Report
- U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center:
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
