A light magnitude 2.3 earthquake hit Antigua & Barbuda: near Les Abymes shortly after midnight, on Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 12.01 am local time (America/Antigua GMT -4). The quake had a very shallow depth of 15.6 km (10 mi) and was not felt (or at least not reported so).
Weak magnitude 2.3 earthquake at 16 km depth
21 May 13:07 UTC: First to report: RENASS after 9 hours.
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EARTHQUAKE DETAILS
| Date & time | May 21, 2024 04:01:38 UTC – 1 day 8 hours ago |
| Local time at epicenter | Tuesday, May 21, 2024, at 12:01 am (America/Antigua GMT -4) |
| Status | Confirmed (manually revised) |
| Magnitude | 2.3 |
| Depth | 15.6 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 16.8163°N / 61.6688°W Antigua & BarbudaAlso near:  Guadeloupe 40 km (25 mi) away |  Montserrat 51 km (32 mi) away |  Saint Kitts and Nevis 98 km (61 mi) away |
| Seismic antipode | 16.8163°S / 118.3312°E |
| Shaking intensity | II Very weak shaking |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | RENASS (Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS)) |
| Nearest volcano | Soufriere Hills (55 km / 34 mi) |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 1.8 x 108 joules (49.4 kilowatt hours) | about seismic energy |
The closest larger town near the epicenter is Freetown, a town with 623 inhabitants in Antigua and Barbuda, in 26 km (16 mi) distance to the north, but it is unlikely that the quake was felt there.
DISTANCE | PLACE | MAX. SHAKING INTENSITY(*) | REGION | COUNTRY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 km (16 mi)N of epicenter | Freetown(pop: 623) | I: Not felt | Parish of Saint Philip | Antigua & Barbuda |
| 26 km (16 mi)NW of epicenter | Falmouth(pop: 619) | I: Not felt | Parish of Saint Paul | Antigua & Barbuda |
| 31 km (19 mi)NW of epicenter | All Saints(pop: 2,530) | I: Not felt | Parish of Saint Peter | Antigua & Barbuda |
| 39 km (24 mi)NW of epicenter | St John’s(pop: 24,200) | I: Not felt | Parish of Saint John | Antigua & Barbuda |
| 42 km (26 mi)SE of epicenter | Anse-Bertrand(pop: 5,150) | I: Not felt | Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe | Guadeloupe |
| 52 km (33 mi)S of epicenter | Petit-Canal(pop: 8,550) | I: Not felt | Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe | Guadeloupe |
| 54 km (33 mi)S of epicenter | Sainte-Rose(pop: 20,200) | I: Not felt | Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe | Guadeloupe |
| 58 km (36 mi)W of epicenter | Brades(pop: 1000) | I: Not felt | Parish of Saint Peter | Montserrat |
| 61 km (38 mi)S of epicenter | Le Lamentin(pop: 14,900) | : Not felt | Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe | Guadeloupe |
| 62 km (38 mi)S of epicenter | Baie-Mahault(pop: 30,600) | : Not felt | Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe | Guadeloupe |
| 63 km (39 mi)S of epicenter | Les Abymes(pop: 53,500) | : Not felt | Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe | Guadeloupe |
| 64 km (40 mi)SE of epicenter | Le Moule(pop: 22,700) | : Not felt | Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe | Guadeloupe |
| 66 km (41 mi)S of epicenter | Pointe-à-Pitre(pop: 15,200) | : Not felt | Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe | Guadeloupe |
| 66 km (41 mi)S of epicenter | Pointe-Noire(pop: 7,750) | : Not felt | Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe | Guadeloupe |
| 70 km (43 mi)S of epicenter | Petit-Bourg(pop: 25,000) | : Not felt | Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe | Guadeloupe |
| 70 km (44 mi)S of epicenter | Le Gosier(pop: 28,700) | : Not felt | Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe | Guadeloupe |
| 73 km (45 mi)SE of epicenter | Sainte-Anne(pop: 22,900) | : Not felt | Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe | Guadeloupe |
| 76 km (47 mi)SE of epicenter | Saint-François(pop: 12,700) | : Not felt | Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe | Guadeloupe |
| 77 km (48 mi)S of epicenter | Bouillante(pop: 7,540) | : Not felt | Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe | Guadeloupe |
| 85 km (53 mi)SE of epicenter | Beauséjour(pop: 1,720) | : Not felt | Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe | Guadeloupe |
| 87 km (54 mi)S of epicenter | Capesterre-Belle-Eau(pop: 19,800) | : Not felt | Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe | Guadeloupe |
| 88 km (55 mi)S of epicenter | Saint-Claude(pop: 10,100) | : Not felt | Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe | Guadeloupe |
| 91 km (57 mi)S of epicenter | Basse Terre(pop: 11,500) | : Not felt | Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe | Guadeloupe |
| 93 km (58 mi)N of epicenter | Codrington(pop: 1,330) | : Not felt | Barbuda | Antigua & Barbuda |
| 105 km (65 mi)W of epicenter | Fig Tree(pop: 2,920) | : Not felt | Saint John Figtree | St. Kitts & Nevis |
| 108 km (67 mi)S of epicenter | Petites Anses(pop: 1,310) | : Not felt | Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe | Guadeloupe |
| 110 km (69 mi)S of epicenter | Grand-Bourg(pop: 5,870) | : Not felt | Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe | Guadeloupe |
| 124 km (77 mi)NW of epicenter | Basseterre(pop: 12,900) | : Not felt | Saint George Basseterre | St. Kitts & Nevis |
| 139 km (86 mi)S of epicenter | Portsmouth(pop: 3,630) | : Not felt |  | |
| 140 km (87 mi)NW of epicenter | Saint Paul’s(pop: 2,460) | : Not felt | Saint Paul Capesterre | St. Kitts & Nevis |
| 148 km (92 mi)S of epicenter | Marigot(pop: 2,670) | : Not felt | Saint Andrew |  Dominica |
| 150 km (93 mi)S of epicenter | Colihaut(pop: 890) | : Not felt | Saint Peter | Dominica |
| 158 km (98 mi)NW of epicenter | Orange Town(pop: 1,100) | : Not felt | Sint Eustatius |  Caribbean Netherlands |
| 174 km (108 mi)NW of epicenter | Gustavia(pop: 5,990) | : Not felt |  St. Barthélemy | |
| 199 km (123 mi)NW of epicenter | Philipsburg(pop: 1,400) | : Not felt |  Sint Maarten |
Notes:
(*) Shaking intensity according to the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale (MMI) and estimated using seismic models.
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