US EditionTwo strong quakes in the Atlantic Ocean rattle the eastern Caribbean
- On October 27, 2025, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck off Guadeloupe at 7:38 a.m. local time, centered at latitude 16.54 and longitude-59.49.
- Shallow depth under 30 kilometers meant the quake was classified as `superficial`, increasing risk of damage within a 100-kilometer radius in vulnerable areas.
- Shortly afterward, a second 6.0 magnitude quake struck the same area at a depth of 10 kilometers, USGS said, about 100 miles east of Guadeloupe.
- No tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of damage at the time of writing.
- Across the eastern Caribbean, residents felt tremors from a 6.5 magnitude quake Monday, with the report timestamped Oct 27, 2025 at 09:11 AM EDTA urging readers to stay with Newsweek.
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San Juan, Oct 27 (EFE).- A 6.5-degree earthquake was reported on Monday morning on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe without the authorities having reported any casualties or deaths or any tsunami alert for the area. This was reported by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) on its website, which highlights that the earthquake was recorded 08.38 (12.38 GMT) 162 kilometers east-northeast of Beauséjour, on the island of Guadeloupe. The depth…
The earthquake occurred at 0838 hours local (1338 hours in Paris), and several replicas of a magnitude of 6 and 5.4 were recorded.
The first epicenter will have been 160 km east of Guadalupe Island and the second will have occurred close to it, having been both felt in the east of the Caribbean. To date there is no record of victims.
An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 struck the West Indies on Monday. The authorities did not report any immediate injury or damage.
An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 hit the archipelago on Monday 27 October, according to the University of West Indies. After Guadeloupe the first, the tremor lasted about 20 seconds.
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