Magnitude 6.3 - LEEWARD ISLANDS
2004 November 21 11:41:07 UTC
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.
Earthquake Details
| Magnitude |
6.3 (Strong) |
| Date-Time |
Sunday, November 21, 2004 at 11:41:07 (UTC)
= Coordinated Universal Time
Sunday, November 21, 2004 at 7:41:07 AM
= local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
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| Location |
15.699°N, 61.654°W |
| Depth |
14 km (8.7 miles) set by location program |
| Region |
LEEWARD ISLANDS |
| Distances |
17 km (10 miles) S (185°) from Terre-de-Bas, Īles des Saintes, Guadeloupe
25 km (16 miles) NW (305°) from Portsmouth, Saint John, Dominica
27 km (17 miles) WNW (292°) from Vieille Case, Saint Andrew, Dominica
35 km (22 miles) SSE (166°) from BASSE-TERRE, Guadeloupe
363 km (226 miles) NW (323°) from BRIDGETOWN, Barbados
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| 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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| Source |
USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
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| Event ID |
usrcaz |
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Scientific & Technical Information
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