M 6 in Guadeloupe on 27 Oct 2025 12:54 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1507271
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 16.5587 , -59.5632
Event Date: 27 Oct 2025 12:54 UTC
27 Oct 2025 08:54 Local
Exposed Population: 130 thousand in MMI III
Inserted at: 27 Oct 2025 13:14 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Guadeloupe)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000rjqj Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

A&B experiences four earthquakes in two hours 10/28/2025 6:11:00 PM.

Four earthquakes rattled Antigua and Barbuda within a two-hour span on Monday morning, with the strongest registering a magnitude of 6.7. According to the University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre, the first and most powerful qu
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Two strong quakes in the Atlantic Ocean rattle the eastern Caribbean 10/28/2025 1:59:00 PM.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck Monday in open waters in the Atlantic Ocean and was felt throughout the eastern Caribbean, officials said. The quake occurred about 100 miles (160 kilometers) east of the Frenc
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One Dead After Plane From Canada Crashes In Greenland 10/28/2025 7:04:00 AM.

The aircraft, which carried only one person, disappeared from radar on Saturday while flying over the island of Sermitsiaq, north of Greenland’s capital Nuuk, Naviair said over the weekend. “This morning, the crash site has been located, an
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Magnitude 6.5 Earthquake Hits East Of Guadeloupe 10/28/2025 7:04:00 AM.

The US Geological Survey said the epicentre of the quake hit around 160 kilometres (100 miles) east of the Caribbean island at a depth of nine kilometres around 8:30 am (1230 GMT). Authorities issued a brief tsunami warning after the initia
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),