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M6.0 Earthquake near Beauséjour, Guadeloupe — 27 October 2025

A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.0 was recorded near Beauséjour, Guadeloupe on , with an epicentre 163 km east of Beauséjour, at a focal depth of 10.0 km. It ranked as the 3rd strongest of 3 earthquakes recorded in Guadeloupe in the preceding 30 days.

6.0 Strong

Time (UTC): 2025-10-27 12:54:59

Time (your timezone): —

Magnitude: 6.0 (strong)

Focal depth: 10.0 km (shallow)

Epicentre: 16.5587, -59.5632

Location: 163 km E of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe

Country: Guadeloupe

USGS link to NOAA tsunami information: Not linked

Review status: Reviewed

Source: USGS event page

How strong was this earthquake?

Strong earthquakes can cause significant damage in populated areas within roughly 100 km of the epicentre, particularly to older masonry buildings. Landslides and liquefaction become a real risk in susceptible ground.

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake radiates roughly 15,080 tons of TNT equivalent in seismic energy.

The USGS assigns this earthquake a significance score of 556, which is below the USGS threshold of more than 600 for its significant-earthquake list. The ranking combines magnitude with available Did You Feel It responses and PAGER alert level; it is not a direct measurement of damage.

What the magnitude scale actually measures →

When it happened locally

That is about 08:56 local solar time at the epicentre, during the morning.

This event was shallower than 97% of the 29 earthquakes recorded in Guadeloupe in our catalogue and stronger than 90% of them.

Where was the epicentre?

The epicentre was located at 16.5587, -59.5632 — 163 km east of Beauséjour. The closest other recorded event was a magnitude 4.6 earthquake 2 km west-northwest of here on 26 June 2026.

The nearest other settlements in our records are Grand-Bourg (165 km west-southwest), Sainte-Marie (195 km south-southwest), Anse-Bertrand (199 km west) and Codrington (202 km west-northwest).

Why the 10 km depth matters

At 10 km this was a shallow earthquake. Shallow events release their energy close to the surface, so for a given magnitude they produce noticeably stronger shaking — and more damage — than deeper ones. Roughly three quarters of all earthquakes worldwide occur at shallow depths.

This catalogue does not ingest eyewitness responses, so it cannot confirm where this earthquake was felt. Based on magnitude alone, an event this size can produce strong, widely felt shaking. Its shallow focus makes stronger surface shaking more likely than for a deeper event of the same magnitude.

Read more on how focal depth changes what you feel →

What does the tsunami information flag mean?

The USGS record does not carry a link to NOAA tsunami information. That field is not an all-clear and does not state whether a tsunami occurred. In this case, a damaging tsunami would be less likely because at M6.0 it falls below the magnitude 6.5 threshold that generally applies before a submarine earthquake displaces enough water to generate a damaging tsunami; it occurred inland rather than beneath the sea floor. For an active coastal alert, use tsunami.gov or your local warning authority.

How earthquakes generate tsunamis, and what the alert levels mean →

Aftershocks and local seismic history

12 further earthquakes have been recorded within about 150 km of the epicentre in the seven days after this event, the largest of them magnitude 5.4.

34 earthquakes of magnitude 4 or above have been logged within roughly 200 km of this epicentre in our catalogue. The strongest was a magnitude 6.8 event near Beauséjour on 27 October 2025. This M6.0 event released about 16 times less energy than that event.

3 earthquakes have been recorded within 100 km of this epicentre in the past year, 2 of them in the past 30 days.

How long aftershock sequences last, and how large they get →

Where this event sits in the record

This earthquake is part of the October 2025 worldwide record, and of earthquakes in Guadeloupe during October 2025. Browse the full monthly archive to compare periods.

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Questions about this earthquake

How strong was the earthquake near Beauséjour?

It measured magnitude 6.0 — a strong earthquake. A magnitude 6.0 earthquake radiates roughly 15,080 tons of TNT equivalent in seismic energy.

How deep was the earthquake near Beauséjour?

The focus was 10 km below the surface, which counts as shallow.

Was the Beauséjour earthquake felt at the surface?

At magnitude 6.0 and a focal depth of 10 km, shaking would have been concentrated near the epicentre.

When did the earthquake near Beauséjour happen?

27 October 2025 at 12:54 UTC.

Was there a tsunami?

No. The USGS record carries no tsunami-information link for this event.

Have there been aftershocks?

12 further earthquakes have been recorded within about 150 km of the epicentre in the seven days after this event, the largest of them magnitude 5.4.

How often do earthquakes happen near Beauséjour?

34 earthquakes of magnitude 4 or above have been logged within roughly 200 km of this epicentre in our catalogue. The strongest was a magnitude 6.8 event near Beauséjour on 27 October 2025. This M6.0 event released about 16 times less energy than that event.