Magnitude 6.5–6.7 Quake East of Guadeloupe Triggers Tsunami Alert

Overview

• The offshore earthquake struck at 08:38 local time on Monday and lasted about 20 seconds.
• Preliminary estimates put the magnitude at 6.7 from the University of the West Indies and 6.5 from the USGS.
• The epicenter was located roughly 220–222 kilometers east of Guadeloupe.
• Reports of shaking came from multiple territories including Martinique, Dominica, Saint-Martin, Saint-Barthélemy, Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the U.S. and British Virgin Islands, Barbados, and Venezuela.
• Authorities issued a tsunami alert after the initial shock, and no official casualty or damage figures have been released.